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Building collapse due to P-delta – what is the risk?
Sullivan, T.J., De Francesco, G. 2024 Building collapse due to P-delta – what is the risk? NZSEE 2024 Annual Conference, Wellington, Paper 53.
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Impact Case Study 2023-24: Science for resilience policy and practice
Researchers from the University of Canterbury and the University of Auckland, within our Built Environments team, have provided underpinning science to the New Zealand Seismic Risk Working Group, as it…
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A Trip to AGU
At the end of 2023, our Resilience Challenge Built and Coastal Programmes’ PhD student Akuhata Bailey-Winiata, from the University of Waikato, attended the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in…
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A rapid simplified method for determining tsunami inundation extent based on energy conservation
T. Kimpton, P. Higuera, C. Whittaker, L. Wotherspoon 2024 A rapid simplified method for determining tsunami inundation extent based on energy conservation Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 39(12), 1811-1829 DOI: 10.1111/mice.13168
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Q & A with Dr Rob Bell
Q & A with Dr Rob Bell Q: Congratulations on your recent Lifetime Achievement Award from NIWA – what does this award mean for you, and the research you’ve been…
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Q & A with Dr Bill Fry
Q & A with Dr Bill Fry 17/12/19 Q: Congratulations on your recently completed Hochstetter Lecture tour – how did it go? Great! It was truly a rewarding and humbling…
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Multiphase flow behaviour and hazard prediction of pyroclastic density currents
Lube G, Breard ECP, Esposti-Ongaro T, Dufek J, Brand B. 2020. Multiphase flow behaviour and hazard prediction of pyroclastic density currents. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 1(7):348-365. doi:10.1038/s43017-020-0064-8.
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The New Zealand Resilience Index
What gets measured gets done: The New Zealand Resilience Index 11/12/2018 By Dr Joanne Stevenson, Chris Bowie, Ellie Kay and Dr John Vargo The New Zealand Resilience Index will help…
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Q & A with Christina Hanna
Q & A with Christina Hanna 29/03/2019 We speak with Christina Hanna, a PhD student in our Governance programme who is concerned with sustainability and combatting climate change both in…
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Resilience Indicators
This project used quantitative indicators to develop the New Zealand Resilience Index (NZRI) for assessing community resilience. This tool uses quantitative indicators to assess
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Towards a stronger Kaikōura
Research on the impacts of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake will be discussed in a public event held in the town on Wednesday 10 April. The 7.8 magnitude quake damaged land,…
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Cyclone caused >10m erosion on some North Island beaches
By Murray Ford Assessing the erosional impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle across a large swathe of the country has been possible using satellite imagery collected by very-high resolution satellites and in…
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Q & A with Dr Emma Ryan
Q. Kia ora Emma. Can you tell us how you got into coastal science? Kia ora! When I started university I enrolled in Psychology, but took a couple of Geography…
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Infrastructure planning emergency levels of service for the Wellington region, Aotearoa New Zealand – a preliminary framework
Mowll, R., Becker, J., Wotherspoon, L. Stewart, C., Johnston, D., Neely, D.P. Rovins, J. & Ripley, S. 2022. Infrastructure planning emergency levels of service for the Wellington region, Aotearoa New Zealand - a preliminary framework. International Journal o
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The Measurement of Disaster Risk: An Example from Tropical Cyclones in the Philippines
Yonson R, Noy I, Gaillard J. 2018. The measurement of disaster risk: an example from tropical cyclones in the Philippines. Review of Development Economics. 22(2):736-765. doi: 10.1111/rode.12365.
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Canterbury AF8 Risk Profiles: Alpine Fault Magnitude (AF8) science Summary for Canterbury
Williams, J.H., Porter, H. & Wilson, T. (2021) Canterbury AF8 Risk Profiles: Alpine Fault Magnitude (AF8) science Summary for Canterbury. Alpine Fault Magnitude 8. 128p.
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Student Profile: Mitchell Anderson
Enhancing local climate risk assessments Kia ora! Hailing from Dunedin I spent years watching the St Clair – St Kilda coastline retreat, causing sink holes to appear along the Esplanade…
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Working with Auckland’s Pacific Peoples
Auckland Emergency Management: Working with Auckland’s Pacific Peoples 27/07/2018 By Rohan Jaduram, Resilience and Welfare Advisor, Auckland Emergency Management Auckland is home to the largest Pasifika population in the world.…
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Impact Case Study 2021-22: Science for resilience policy and practice
A recent focus for the Resilience Challenge (RNC) has been ensuring the development of new legislation is informed by research findings. We have sought to maximise our influence during a…
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Student profile: Hauiti Hakopa
Student profile: Hauiti Hakopa 30/04/2019 He reo kōrero te pūrākau ki a Ngāti Tuwharetoa Ko te tuhinga kairangi a Hauiti Hākopa he waihanga i te hohonu, i te ātaahua, i…
