Vulnerability to Seismic Hazards in Coastal and Riverside Communities, pho…

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Damaged road around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 112

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Families enjoying the sun by the Heathcote River in Cashmere Road".

Christchurch February Earthquake Effect on Invertebrates of the Lower Rive…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A report covering the effects of the Christchurch February Earthquake upon invertebrates of the Lower Avon and Heathcote Rivers.

Broken River extended version

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Days after the city of Christchurch was devastated by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, This Way Up's presenter Simon Morton traverses the city using the Avon River as his route. Travelling on a bicycle from the source of the Avon in the West to Heathcote Estuary in the East, where the Avon meets the Pacific, everyone has a story to tell.

Performance of Bridges during the 2010 Darfield and 2011 Christchurch Eart…

Research papers, The University of Auckland Library

The region in and around Christchurch, encompassing Christchurch city and the Selwyn and Waimakariri districts, contains more than 800 road, rail, and pedestrian bridges. Most of these bridges are reinforced concrete, symmetric, and have small to moderate spans (15–25 m). The 22 February 2011 moment magnitude (Mw) 6.2 Christchurch earthquake induced high levels of localized ground shaking (Bradley and Cubrinovski 2011, page 853 of this issue; Guidotti et al. 2011, page 767 of this issue; Smyrou et al. 2011, page 882 of this issue), with damage to bridges mainly confined to the central and eastern parts of Christchurch. Liquefaction was evident over much of this part of the city, with lateral spreading affecting bridges spanning both the Avon and Heathcote rivers.