Integrating disaster risk reduction into post‐disaster reconstruction: A long‐term perspective of the 1931 earthquake in  N apier,  N ew  Z ealand | Zendy

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Integrating disaster risk reduction into post‐disaster reconstruction: A long‐term perspective of the 1931 earthquake in N apier, N ew Z ealand

Author(s) -

Hill Mischa,

Gaillard JC

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

new zealand geographer

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1745-7939

pISSN - 0028-8144

DOI - 10.1111/nzg.12014

Subject(s) - term (time) , reduction (mathematics) , disaster risk reduction , balance (ability) , perspective (graphical) , computer science , geography , environmental planning , medicine , mathematics , artificial intelligence , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , physical medicine and rehabilitation

This article is a long‐term retrospective study of the reconstruction that followed the 1931 earthquake that struck the city of N apier in H awke's B ay, N ew Z ealand. It particularly focuses on the positive outcomes in reducing the risk of future disaster at both local and national levels. These were facilitated by three key decisions and strategies: (i) reconstruction was initiated immediately after the disaster; (ii) it was designed as a balance between continuity and change; and (iii) it relied on a decentralised, integrative decision‐making process.

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