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New Zealand: Christchurch earthquakes 2010-2011
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date: 22 May 2013 'Cranes and bulldozers and diggers can be hired - they are really just commodities. Institutions and good governance can’t be bought. And when things are really turning to custard, you need strong institutions,' said Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority chief executive Roger Sutton in a speech to the 4th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva, Switzerland, last night... |
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date: 21 May 2013 'If a trillion dollars that are going to be invested in new cities, agribusiness and tourism and other sectors in the coming years are resilient, then disaster risk will go down. If they are not, it will go up, it's as simple as that,' said Andrew Maskrey of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)... |
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date: 1 May 2013 Senior year law student at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch and 2012 Young New Zealander of the Year, Sam Johnson wants to franchise his Volunteer Army Foundation model to mobilize a global youth movement that will advocate for resilient communities by promoting actions that reduce disaster risk... |
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date: 20 February 2013 According to the report, when asked about positive outcomes arising from the earthquakes, 76 per cent of respondents had experienced pride in the ability to cope under difficult circumstances, 69 per cent increased resilience as a family... |
date: 1 October 2012 'Over the next 10 years the Council will be focusing on strengthening more of our buildings, roads and water network. We also want to encourage Wellingtonians to think about what they can do at a household and community level,' said Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown... |
date: 14 June 2012 'Don't underestimate the ability of small businesses to adapt,' this was one of the most important messages regarding the small businesses' resilience following the Christchurch earthquakes, as told at the recent World Conference of the International Council for Small business in Wellington, New Zealand... |
date: 6 June 2012 'Over 300 million people live in urban seismic zones around the world which are just as high-risk as Christchurch but without the advantage of New Zealand's very high rate of insurance coverage of about 90% which includes earthquake insurance and, uniquely, also covers land damage,' said the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction... |
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date: 28 March 2012 Despite immense insured losses of USD 116 billion (a 142% increase over the previous year) arising from record earthquake and flood losses, the insurance industry weathered the year well and played a key role in risk management and post-disaster recovery financing... |
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date: 26 March 2012 The Brookings report found that 'In comparison with the previous decade, the number of disasters and the number of people affected by disasters in 2011 were both below average. But 2011 was the most expensive year in history in terms of disaster losses — primarily because of the $210 billion loss experienced by Japan'... |
date: 5 March 2012 'New Zealand is well up there in terms of exactly taking these issues to heart and being prepared. Very good search and rescue standards, very good building codes,' said Jonathan Andrews from UNDP's Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery... |
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date: 20 February 2012 The director of the natural hazards section of GNS Science, Kelvin Berryman said the research institute 'has learnt a few lessons from the earthquake, and if another disaster were to strike tomorrow, more effort would be put into making sure key messages were consistent'... |
date: 17 February 2012 A Massey University/GNS Science Joint Centre for Disaster Research advisory group advocates for a 'strengths-based' approach to recovery after the Christchurch earthquakes and encourages agencies to focus on empowerment and building resilience in the community... |
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date: 8 February 2012 It is essential that communities are prepared and can look after themselves as the demand would probably overwhelm the emergency services and civil defence if a major disaster hit Central Otago... |
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date: 17 January 2012 As per Swiss Re, earthquake insurance penetration is highest in New Zealand, and is very low in Japan, particularly for commercial properties. 'While insurance cannot replace lost lives and livelihoods, appropriate insurance and other risk transfer mechanisms can greatly accelerate the recovery process'... |
date: 4 January 2012 A sequence of devastating earthquakes and a large number of weather-related catastrophes made 2011 the costliest year ever in terms of natural catastrophe losses. 'It is the insurance industry's task to cover extreme losses as well, to help society cope with such events'... |
date: 4 January 2012 The global tourism industry is increasingly resilient to both natural and man made threats. The effective management of natural disasters is enacted in four phases: readiness, reduction, response and recovery... |
date: 25 November 2011 'We are taking all the existing and new information and using a consistent methodology to produce liquefaction hazard information, which will be useful not only for building consenting, but also for infrastructure asset'... |
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date: 1 November 2011 Profound changes in building codes are getting evaluated for the next generation of structures in New Zealand, ideas that may influence cities in the United States and the rest of the world that face similar hazards... |
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date: 27 September 2011 'For regions as vulnerable as ours, disaster preparedness is no desktop exercise – it’s a matter of survival,' Jim McLay, New Zealand’s Permanent Representative to the UN, told the general debate of the General Assembly in New York... |
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date: 6 September 2011 UN Secretary-General paid tribute to New Zealand's resilience and determination to go forward in the wake of the tragic Christchurch earthquake, 'and I thank you for your commitment to disaster risk reduction, not only here in New Zealand but throughout the globe.' |
date: 17 August 2011 Information manager Gavin Till outlines IT measures taken during and after the February earthquakes: 'They’ve made us rethink quite a few things,' he says. 'As an organisation we have rules and processes, but we are now making risk-based decisions on the fly with a focus on outcomes.'... |
date: 11 August 2011 Despite the US and Japan having the highest economic exposure to natural hazards, it is the emerging economies of China, India, Philippines and Indonesia, which pose the most risk to investors due to a lack of capacity to combat the impacts of a major disaster... |
date: 9 August 2011 New Zealand's level of preparedness has improved following the September and February earthquakes. 'The Christchurch earthquakes have prompted more people to prepare for natural disasters,' Civil Defence Minister Craig Foss says... |
date: 4 August 2011 The 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction is launched in at the Third Session of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management, where an objective is to endorse a 'roadmap' for development of a regional policy framework for disaster risk management and climate change adaptation.... |
date: 14 July 2011 Pamela Boykoff from CNN looks at the economic impact of natural hazards further to data released by Statistics New Zealand that reveal an 0.8% increase in the economy during the quarter in which the Christchurch earthquake hit this year. She highlights a report by the World Bank on the subject... |
date: 12 July 2011 An exceptional accumulation of very severe natural catastrophes makes 2011 the highest-ever loss year on record, even after the first half-year says the re-insurance company. Most of the losses were caused by the earthquake in Japan on 11 March... |
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date: 25 May 2011 The earthquakes that struck Christchurch and northern Honsu earlier this year offer lessons to be learned. What could have been done to prevent or mitigate the damage? What can similar locations around the world learn? These stories and many more can be found in the June issue of EARTH... |
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date: 20 May 2011 Insurers have an important role to play in helping to mitigate supply chain risk, in addition to the preventative role of risk engineering, effective contingency planning and other risk management responses says a recent press release from the insurance market, Lloyds... |
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date: 16 April 2011 In a speech delivered a few days ago, Maria Otero, US Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs described the three ways that her country is implementing disaster risk reduction at home and and around the world... |
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date: 31 March 2011 Zurich Financial Services Group today announced that it currently estimates aggregate claims of approximately USD 500 million for the five natural catastrophes that have hit the Asia-Pacific region since the beginning of the year... |
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date: 31 March 2011 According to the reinsurance company, Willis Re, the total economic loss of first the quarter's disasters including the Japan, Chile and New Zealand earthquakes and the Australian floods, has significantly increased the likelihood of a market-wide turn should reinsurers be tested again this year... |
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date: 30 March 2011 In a statement on the recent earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, the IAEE says earthquake engineers serve humanity by providing rational and affordable tools for protection from the seismic peril, but these tools are in constant need of being refined... |
date: 29 March 2011 According to Swiss Re’s latest sigma study, worldwide economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters were USD 218 billion in 2010, more than triple the 2009 figure of USD 68 billion. Approximately 304 000 people died in these events, the highest number since 1976... |
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date: 11 March 2011 'The United Nations system continues to invest time and resources in disaster risk reduction and in building resilient societies. We are strongly committed to learning from experience and sharing the knowledge of what works. We are sure to be tested again, and again and again' said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a memorial service for New Zealand earthquake victims... |
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date: 1 March 2011 'A great weakness has been horribly exposed' writes Dallas Graham in an editorial for the Guardian UK, on the prospect of rebuilding the Anglican cathedral in the heart of Christchurch. 'Despite our need for national optimism, a stone building in Christchurch can never again be regarded as safe'... |
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date: 28 February 2011 One of the largest insurance company's (QBE) chief executive, Frank O'Halloran said, in an interview with ABC, that the Queensland floods and the earthquake in Christchurch have forced a rethinking of the risk strategy for the region... |
date: 28 February 2011 Strict building codes in Chile, the legacy of a devastating 9.5 magnitude earthquake in 1960, continue to play a large part in protecting people even when an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck 50 near Concepción on 27 February 2010, says UNISDR... |
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date: 24 February 2011 Being asked why city's inspectors had not realised the buildings that collapsed were vulnerable, Christchurch deputy mayor Ngaire Button replied 'The question hanging over our heads in Canterbury is: are there others... Are any of the buildings safe? Where can we go where we feel safe?', reports the ICFI in its analysis of the situation... |
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date: 22 February 2011 For many people social network site Twitter was among the earliest to provide on the scene reaction to today's big 6.3 magnitude Christchurch earthquake, reports the Sydney Morning Herald... |
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date: 27 January 2011 Scientists from the National Institue of Water and Atmospheric Research will join Geosciences Australia in assessing the impacts of the recent devastating floods. They hope to build a valuable base of information for assessment of economic impacts, and for future prevention and gain a better understanding of natural hazards... |
date: 3 January 2011 Severe earthquakes and weather events in 2010 resulted in substantial losses and an exceptionally high number of fatalities: The earthquake in Chile, in contrast to Haiti, saw substantially fewer human losses due to strict building codes; The high number of weather-related events and record temperatures show indications of advancing climate change... |
date: 28 September 2010 As part of its Making Cities Resilient: 'My City is getting ready!' world disaster reduction campaign, UNISDR will encourage more mayors and local governments to join the 100 cities that have already signed up to the global campaign... |
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date: 10 September 2010 A multidisciplinary team of US earthquake researchers and practitioners, organized by EERI, will collect data and observing the damage associated with the M7.1 earthquake, the most damaging that New Zealand has seen since 1931... |