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Learning From Earthquakes

Learning from Earthquakes – The Mw 5.8 Virginia Earthquake of August 23, 2011 EERI, GEER, and DRCD

Members of the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association team: Russell Green, James Martin, Sissy Nikolaou, and Sam Lasley. Other contributors: Jeff Munsey. Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware team: Yvonne Rademacher, Alex Greer, Laura Keeley, James Kendra, Benigno Aguirre, and Lucia Velotti. December, 2011. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI),  Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance […]

Issues regarding damaged buildings in Christchurch

The City of Christchurch is facing a number of difficult policy decisions regarding damaged buildings. One is whether to allow home onwners to repair or rebuild their homes in the many areas where there was significant liquefaction damage (the subject of a separate post). Another difficult policy issue comes as a result of the damage to […]