BeckerFraserPhotos March 2013 photograph 170

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An aerial photograph of Kairaki over the Waimakariri River.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2013 photograph 173

Images, UC QuakeStudies

An aerial photograph of a residential area in Kaiapoi.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2013 photograph 174

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An aerial photograph of Sovereign Palms, a new housing development in Kaiapoi.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2013 photograph 004

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A Gap Filler mini-golf site made out of recycled materials. This hole was situated on Manchester Street on an empty demolition site. Gap Filler volunteers and community groups designed and installed mini-golf holes on vacant sites around the central business district.

Shermine Kwok Photograph 15

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A photograph of a flag in a planter box which reads, "It's all right to feel proud of how we've coped". The flag is part of the All Right wellbeing campaign led by the Canterbury District Health Board and the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2013 photograph 172

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An aerial photograph of a residential area in Kaiapoi. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Many of the streets (but not all) in the area north of the Waimakariri River are red zoned".

Implications of the Canterbury earthquake sequence for Adelaide, South Aus…

Research papers, The University of Auckland Library

The city of Christchurch has experienced over 10,000 aftershocks since the 4th of September 2010 earthquake of which approximately 50 have been greater than magnitude 5. The damage caused to URM buildings in Christchurch over this sequence of earthquakes has been well documented. Due to the similarity in age and construction of URM buildings in Adelaide, South Australia and Christchurch (they are sister cities, of similar age and heritage), an investigation was conducted to learn lessons for Adelaide based on the Christchurch experience. To this end, the number of URM buildings in the central business districts of both cities, the extent of seismic strengthening that exists in both cities, and the relative earthquake hazards for both cities were considered. This paper will report on these findings and recommend strategies that the city of Adelaide could consider to significantly reduce the seismic risk posed by URM buildings in future earthquake.