How to survive an earthquake through clever engineering

22 Jun 2017 Leave a comment

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New Zealand’s Hidden Megathrust Fault

24 Mar 2017 Leave a comment

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Simulation of the 2016 Mw7.8 Kaikoura earthquake and response of buildings in Wellington

22 Mar 2017 Leave a comment

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Hard rock: the challenge of the Awatere Valley Road slip

19 Dec 2016 Leave a comment

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How to get back to the eastern suburbs from the CBD after an earthquake #eqnz

16 Nov 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of natural disasters, politics - New Zealand, transport economics, urban economics Tags:

Take the bus. But not a trolley bus. We were going to walk home (7.8 km) but once we got to the edge of Mount Victoria, bus drivers were picking people up.

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Buses could not get into the centre of town because of gridlock, so drivers showed the initiative to go to the perimeter of the CBD and going back out and in on their normal routes. They picked up many people. Do not start me on how useless trolley buses are after a natural disaster

A graphical comparison of earthquake energy release

25 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, economics of natural disasters Tags:

In Wellington CBD, average value of commercial building is almost halved with a red or yellow sticker

17 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of natural disasters, economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand, urban economics Tags: , ,

Within the Wellington CBD, the average value of a commercial building is almost halved if it receives a legally binding earthquake-prone declaration. Discounts on specific buildings will vary around this average level, reflecting a number of factors such as costs of remediation and the nature of existing rental agreements.

Source: Before a Fall: Impacts of Earthquake Regulation and Building Codes on the Commercial Building Market | Motu

Why was the Nepalese earthquakes so bad?

04 May 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economics of natural disasters, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: , , , , , ,

Great Alaska earthquake, magnitude 9.2.

22 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, economics of natural disasters Tags: ,

https://twitter.com/Cepaderefusse/status/576731888733270016

San Francisco, after the earthquake, 1906

09 Dec 2014 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of natural disasters, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: , ,

https://twitter.com/HistoricalPics/status/541502515356106752

The new tsunami safe zone line down the road from us – must check effect on land values

13 Oct 2014 2 Comments

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