Ruth Gardner's Blog 12/09/2012: Survive and thrive
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 12 September 2012 entitled, "Survive and thrive".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 12 September 2012 entitled, "Survive and thrive".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 27 June 2012 entitled, "Permanent Pipes".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 7 May 2012 entitled, "Alice's (re) Appearance".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 1 January 2012 entitled, "Bucky Birthday".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 22 March 2012 entitled, "Lamenting the Loss".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 17 February 2012 entitled, "Approaching Anniversary".
Summary of oral history interview with Jenny May about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake resilience graffiti on the site of a demolished building in Sydenham. Wildflowers have grown out front".
A paper which details earthquake expectation data, supplied to SCIRT by GNS Science.
A video of the first part of an address by Dr. John Vargo from the UC branch of Resilient Organisations, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. The talk covers case studies from the Canterbury Earthquakes, which shed light on the ingredients of a resilient organisational culture and best business practices for enhancing resilience.
A video of the first part of an address by Dr. Fran Vertue, Clinical Psychologist, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. Dr. Vertue uses the concept of Post Traumatic Growth to describe opportunities for post disaster-growth at both the personal and organisational levels, which is linked to the resilience of the people concerned.
A video of the second part of an address by Dr. John Vargo from the UC branch of Resilient Organisations, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. The talk covers case studies from the Canterbury Earthquakes, which shed light on the ingredients of a resilient organisational culture and best business practices for enhancing resilience.
A video of an address by John Vale, Chief Executive of Vynco, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. The talk covers how business continuity planning proved to be crucial to the Vynco's survival, and how the company's employees were able to work in new ways to keep export channels open and flowing.
A video of an address by Peter Davie, Chief Executive of Lyttelton Port Company, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. The talk is about how, in today's technological and economic environment, the ability to prevent, prepare for, or quickly recover from a disaster is a critical success factor. The seismic simulations that the Port of Lyttelton ran as part of its long term development plan became a key part of the Port's emergency response, and meant that cargo kept flowing with minimal downtime.
A video of the second part of an address by Dr. Fran Vertue, Clinical Psychologist, at the 2012 Seismics and the City forum. Dr. Vertue uses the concept of Post Traumatic Growth to describe opportunities for post disaster-growth at both the personal and organisational levels, which is linked to the resilience of the people concerned.
A presentation by Dr Deirdre Hart (Department of Geography) on "Making Coastal Cities Resilient: Lessons from Christchurch" as part of the 2012 Earthquake Forums held at the University of Canterbury.
A presentation by Associate Professor John Vargo (Department of Accounting and Information Systems, and Resilient Organisations Research Group) on "Organisational Resilience in Canterbury: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow".
A presentation by Dr Deirdre Hart (Department of Geography) on "Making Coastal Cities Resilient: Lessons from Christchurch" as part of the 2012 Earthquake Forums held at the University of Canterbury.
Transcript of Jessica Lovell's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Chris's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Peter Field's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Summary of oral history interview with Rebecca Gordon about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Lois Herbert about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Phillippa Jacobs about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Susan Hird about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Gillian Laing about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Jacqui Gavin about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Rebecca Macfie about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Jane Higgins about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with April about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.