GEOG christchurch case study
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- Created on: 24-04-19 17:11
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- DEVELOPED EARTHQUAKE CASE STUDY (christchurch NZ 2010 & 2011)
- newly discovered fault line
- 7.1 magnitude
- 4th september 2010 (1 died)
- 2011 185 deaths had 9,000 aftershocks
- effects
- cost $20 billion to rebuild
- tourism was badly hit
- liquefaction
- manufacturing hub not affected
- agriculture unaffected
- flooding
- ignored by financial markets
- responses
- losses were insured
- organised response
- cleared rubble quickly
- military acted
- the gallery was designed as earthquake proof and worked
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