Signs on house in Bexley

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Signs on a house in Bexley reading "Ring Bell", "Yes we home" with names and telephone numbers.

Damage to a residential property on Birch Street (4)

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Damage to a residential property on Birch Street. Writing on door reads "all clear" with name and telephone numbers.

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2730

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A photograph of a sign giving phone numbers for earthquake helplines and emergency services. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Wairoa Street".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2729

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A photograph of a sign giving phone numbers for earthquake helplines and emergency services. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Wairoa Street".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2728

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A photograph of a sign giving phone numbers for earthquake helplines and emergency services. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Wairoa Street".

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0752

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Two tourists studying a map in the Botanic Gardens. Tourists are seen again in reasonable numbers in Christchurch. Some of the maps are not updated to reflect the changes since the earthquake".

The February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake: Incorporating Transect Methodol…

Research papers, The University of Auckland Library

Ingham and Biggs were in Christchurch during the M6.3, 22 February 2011 earthquake and Moon arrived the next day. They were enlisted by officials to provide rapid assessment of buildings within the Central Business District (CBD). In addition, they were asked to: 1) provide a rapid assessment of the numbers and types of buildings that had been damaged, and 2) identify indicator buildings that represent classes of structures that can be used to monitor changing conditions for each class following continuing aftershocks and subsequent damage. This paper explains how transect methodology was incorporated into the rapid damage assessment that was performed 48 hours after the earthquake. Approximately 300 buildings were assessed using exterior Level 1 reporting techniques. That data was used to draw conclusions on the condition of the entire CBD of approximately 4400 buildings. In the context of a disaster investigation, a transect involves traveling a selected path assessing the condition of the buildings and documenting the class of each building, and using the results in conjunction with prior knowledge relating to the overall population of buildings affected in the area of the study. Read More: http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784412640.033