An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 30 April 2011 entitled, "Random stuff".
A story submitted by Lauren to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Peter Low to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Christine Wilson to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A notice board on the side of the road along Raven Quay in Kaiapoi. The board holds information sheets about earthquake recovery information in Kaiapoi.
A story submitted by Ginny Larsen to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Sarah to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Paul Murray to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Mike Will to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A sign on the fence cordoning off High Street. It reads "Month 1, Month 2, Month 3, Month 4, Month 5, Month 6. When is the recovery starting?
A poster created by Empowered Christchurch to advertise their submission to the CERA Draft Transition Recovery Plan on social media.The poster reads, "Submission, CERA Draft Transition Recovery Plan. Risk Acceptance. It is the role of insurance companies, the EQC included, to accept the risks covered under their terms of reference/policies and compensate policyholders when such risks eventuate. However, many policyholders in Christchurch have not been compensated for the damage to their homes and their lives. These responsibilities need to be faced by the entities responsible. An equitable solution needs to be found for properties with hazards such as flooding that are a direct result of the earthquakes. In tandem with this, every effort must be made to protect residents from the risks posed by climate change. We need a city that is driven by the people that live in it, and enabled by a bureaucracy that accepts and mitigates risks, rather than transferring them to the most vulnerable residents".
Workers from Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) are among the crowd at a memorial service in Latimer Square on the anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "These bins are used for the secure recovery of business documents. Here it's the Clarendon Tower which is being cleared".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 5 March 2011 entitled, "Twiddling my fingers".
A story submitted by M. to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Robyna Smith to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Linda Grainger to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 8 February 2013 entitled, "Vote for me!".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 24 February 2014 entitled, "VIPs, flowers and hail".
A story submitted by Brenda Greene to the QuakeStories website.
Signs posted the fence cordoning off High Street. They read "Welcome to Limboland, just waiting!", "Christchurch Economic Recovery Abandoned", and "We're raising $50,000 for our City C96 FM".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The food caravans that used to operate in the Arts Centre, now travel to several places in the city. Here they are in the quad at Canterbury University with the lunchtime queues".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Jeremy Stewart of Alice in Videoland holding 'When a City Falls', the film recently released about the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Jeremy Stewart standing in his lice in Videoland store which is just awaiting the cordon to be pushed back so that customers can come calling".
A story submitted by Patti-Ann Oberst to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 3 August 2012 entitled, "Scrap Basket Quilt Number Six".
Introduction This poster presents the inferred initial performance and recovery of the water supply network of Christchurch following the 22 February 2011 Mw 6.2 earthquake. Results are presented in a geospatial and temporal fashion. This work strengthens the current understanding of the restoration of such a system after a disaster and quantifies the losses caused by this earthquake in respect with the Christchurch community. Figure 1 presents the topology of the water supply network as well as the spatial distribution of the buildings and their use.
The city of Christchurch, New Zealand, incurred significant damage due to a series of earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. The city had, by the late 2010s, regained economic and social normalcy after a sustained period of rebuilding and economic recovery. Through the concerted rebuilding effort, a modern central business district (CBD) with redesigned infrastructure and amenities was developed. The Christchurch rebuild was underpinned by a commitment of urban planners to an open and connected city, including the use of innovative technologies to gather, use and share data. As was the case elsewhere, the COVID-19 pandemic brought about significant disruptions to social and economic life in Christchurch. Border closures, lockdowns, trading limitations and other restrictions on movement led to changes in traditional consumer behaviors and affected the retail sector’s resilience. In this study, we used CBD pedestrian traffic data gathered from various locations to predict changes in retail spending and identify recovery implications through the lens of retail resilience. We found that the COVID-19 pandemic and its related lockdowns have driven a substantive change in the behavioral patterns of city users. The implications for resilient retail, sustainable policy and further research are explored.