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Images, UC QuakeStudies

Patchwork quilts wrapped around the concrete slabs used to stabilise a broken wall on Winchester Street. They make it look snug despite the snow. Many projects like this have cropped up around Canterbury in an effort to brighten the earthquake environment.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A patchwork quilt suspended from the railings of a broken wall on the corner of Dublin and Winchester Street in Lyttelton. "Lyttelton, don't let the blues get you" has been stitched into the quilt, which is covered in snow.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Patchwork quilts wrapped around the concrete slabs used to stabilise a broken wall on Winchester Street. They make it look snug despite the snow. Many projects like this have cropped up around Canterbury in an effort to brighten the earthquake environment.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "What a view from Nicholson Park on Scarborough. People enjoying Sumner Beach with South Brighton spit across the estuary entrance, the estuary at low tide and behind, the settling ponds and the city with its abundance of trees. Snow covered Southern Alps as a backdrop. Pity about the smoke haze this afternoon".

Research papers, Lincoln University

Numerous rockfalls released during the 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence affected vital road sections for local commuters. We quantified rockfall fatality risk on two main routes by adapting a risk approach for roads originally developed for snow avalanche risk. We present results of the collective and individual fatality risks for traffic flow and waiting traffic. Waiting traffic scenarios particularly address the critical spatial-temporal dynamics of risk, which should be acknowledged in operational risk management. Comparing our results with other risks commonly experienced in New Zealand indicates that local rockfall risk is close to tolerability thresholds and likely exceeds acceptable risk.