Engineering collaboration with Red Cross

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document which outlines how SCIRT and the New Zealand Red Cross worked together to aid the recovery of Christchurch.

Christchurch Earthquake Recovery - An Example of Resilience and Sustainabi…

Research papers, University of Canterbury Library

The term resilience‘’is increasingly being used in a multitude of contexts. Seemingly the latest buzz‘’word, it can mean many things to many people, in many different situations. In a natural hazard context, the terms sustainable planning‘’, and resilience‘planning are now’being used, often interchangeably. This poster provides an overview of resilience and sustainability within a land use planning and natural hazard context, and discusses how they are interrelated in the situation of the earthquake impacted city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

The genesis of SCIRT - new era in disaster recovery

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A document which describes the formation of SCIRT.