Seismic shaking and tectonic deformation during strong earthquakes can trigger widespread
environmental effects. The severity and extent of a given effect relates to the characteristics …

In the light of the rising cost of natural disasters we review the provision of catastrophe
insurance by the public sector in the US, France, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom …

Christchurch, New Zealand, experienced four major earthquakes (Mw 5.9 to 7.1) since 4
September 2010 that triggered localized to widespread liquefaction. Liquefaction caused …

Abstract The 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquakes, which involved widespread damage
during the February 2011 event and ongoing aftershocks near the Christchurch Central …

The paper analyzes the performance of a hospital system using a holistic and
multidisciplinary approach. Data on impacts to the hospital system were collected using a …

The progressive damage and subsequent demolition of unreinforced masonry (URM)
buildings arising from the Canterbury earthquake sequence is reported. A dataset was …

The 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence began with the 4 September 2010, Mw7.
1 Darfield earthquake and includes up to ten events that induced liquefaction. Most notably …

From late-2010 to mid-2011, Christchurch suffered a series of earthquakes and aftershocks
that affected the city's power supply. The most relevant of these events occurred on 4 …

Conventional earthquake risk assessments use fragility and vulnerability models that are
based on seismic demands from individual (mainshock) ground motions, and implicitly …

New time-dependent seismicity models for the Christchurch region reflect the greatly
enhanced seismicity in the region at present, and the gradual decrease of the seismicity …