An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 24 December 2011, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which she does not fulfill her projector duties at church".The entry was downloaded on 13 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 13 June 2013, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which the house next door is gone, and other stories".The entry was downloaded on 16 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 13 June 2013, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which the house next door is gone, and other stories".The entry was downloaded on 13 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 15 September 2010, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which she should not be asked to make important decisions".The entry was downloaded on 17 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 5 March 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which her plot to use ALL THE WATER is foiled".The entry was downloaded on 17 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 28 September 2010, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which the 'have I or haven't I?' saga continues".The entry was downloaded on 17 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 9 September 2010, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which she would have preferred being in the control group".The entry was downloaded on 14 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 15 September 2010, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which she should not be asked to make important decisions".The entry was downloaded on 14 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 16 June 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which she wants to see what an earthquake looks like".The entry was downloaded on 16 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 22 July 2013, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which people are *really* quick to stock their emergency kits".The entry was downloaded on 16 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 22 July 2013, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which people are *really* quick to stock their emergency kits".The entry was downloaded on 13 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 24 December 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which she does not fulfill her projector duties at church".The entry was downloaded on 16 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 5 March 2011, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which her plot to use ALL THE WATER is foiled".The entry was downloaded on 14 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 27 May 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which a one-hour seminar takes up the entire work-day".The entry was downloaded on 16 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 27 May 2011, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which a one-hour seminar takes up the entire work-day".The entry was downloaded on 13 April 2015.
The second page of comments on an entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 24 February 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which she gets to use her go-bag".The entry was downloaded on 17 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 22 March 2011, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which it has been a month (aka, A simple guide to surviving a disaster)".The entry was downloaded on 14 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 22 March 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which it has been a month (aka, A simple guide to surviving a disaster)".The entry was downloaded on 17 April 2015.
Based on a qualitative study of four organisations involving 47 respondents following the extensive 2010 – 2011 earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, this paper presents some guidance for human resource practitioners dealing with post-disaster recovery. A key issue is the need for the human resource function to reframe its practices in a post-disaster context, developing a specific focus on understanding and addressing changing employee needs, and monitoring the leadership behaviour of supervisors. This article highlights the importance of flexible organisational responses based around a set of key principles concerning communication and employee perceptions of company support.
Objectives • To develop a system dynamics model of Christchurch post-quake reconstruction process that captures all the critical dynamics influencing its pathway • To investigate the implications of current rebuild pathway • To build a reconstruction module to be integrated in MERIT (Measuring the Economics of Resilient Infrastructure Tool)
Looking south west across Cathedral Square showing the eastern side of Christchurch Cathedral (left), the Godley statue (centre left) with the (from left to right) Chief Post Office, the Regent Theatre Building (directly behind the statue on the corner of Worcester Street), the AMP Building, the Government Life Building and the Grand Theatre.
We present the initial findings from a study of adaptive resilience of lifelines organisations providing essential infrastructure services, in Christchurch, New Zealand following the earthquakes of 2010-2011. Qualitative empirical data was collected from 200 individuals in 11 organisations. Analysis using a grounded theory method identified four major factors that aid organisational response, recovery and renewal following major disruptive events. Our data suggest that quality of top and middle-level leadership, quality of external linkages, level of internal collaboration, ability to learn from experience, and staff well-being and engagement influence adaptive resilience. Our data also suggest that adaptive resilience is a process or capacity, not an outcome and that it is contextual. Post-disaster capacity/resources and post-disaster environment influence the nature of adaptive resilience.
Disasters are a critical topic for practitioners of landscape architecture. A
fundamental role of the profession is disaster prevention or mitigation
through practitioners having a thorough understanding of known threats. Once we reach the ‘other side’ of a disaster – the aftermath – landscape architecture plays a central response in dealing with its consequences, rebuilding of settlements and infrastructure and gaining an enhanced understanding of the causes of any failures. Landscape architecture must respond not only to the physical dimensions of disaster landscapes but also to the social, psychological and spiritual aspects. Landscape’s experiential potency is heightened in disasters in ways that may challenge and extend the spectrum of emotions. Identity is rooted in landscape, and massive transformation through the impact of a disaster can lead to ongoing psychological devastation. Memory and landscape are tightly
intertwined as part of individual and collective identities, as connections to place and time. The ruptures caused by disasters present a challenge to remembering the lives lost and the prior condition of the landscape, the intimate attachments to places now gone and even the event itself.
A warning sign posted on River Road beside the Avon River reads "Health warning, contaminated water. Due to sewage overflows this water is unsafe for human contact and activity and is a public health risk. Please keep all people and pets out of contact with the water and do not cosume and seafood or shellfish collected from this area." The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. River Rd subsidence".
A car stuck in a large pothole on River Road. The wheels on the right hand side of the car have fallen into the hole, leaving the car grounded against the road surface. The photographer comments, "This car belonged to a postal delivery worker - the NZ Post bike rack is mounted on the towbar. The owner must have biked home. Later a tow truck arrived to extract the car from the hole that had opened under its front wheel".
A document made available to people attending Duncan Gibb's Brunel lecture.
A paper prepared for the Ozwater 2013 conference detailing the story of the damage to, and subsequent repair of, Huntsbury Reservoir.
A pdf copy of a PowerPoint presentation used by Duncan Gibb when presenting his Brunel lecture.
A pdf copy of a PowerPoint presentation prepared for the Ozwater 2013 conference detailing the story of the damage to, and subsequent repair of, Huntsbury Reservoir.
Many buildings with relatively low damage from the 2010-2011 Canterbury were deemed uneconomic to repair and were replaced [1,2]. Factors that affected commercial building owners’ decisions to replace rather than repair, included capital availability, uncertainty with regards to regional recovery, local market conditions and ability to generate cash flow, and repair delays due to limited property access (cordon). This poster provides a framework for modeling decision-making in a case where repair is feasible but replacement might offer greater economic value – a situation not currently modeled in engineering risk analysis.