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A Decade of Disaster Experiences in Ōtautahi ChristchurchContextualising the Decade of Disaster Experiences in Ōtautahi Christchurch: The Critical Disaster Studies Imperative

A Decade of Disaster Experiences in Ōtautahi Christchurch: Contextualising the Decade of Disaster... [The process of recovery in Ōtautahi Christchurch remains slow and problematic. Most previous research has foregrounded the city’s recovery from the Canterbury earthquake sequence, when it is in fact recovering from multiple disasters. Post-earthquakes, Cantabrians have needed to deal with waves of (sometimes related) disasters. This provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn from a decade of disasters in order to prepare for future events. The introduction outlines the Critical Disaster Studies perspective to set the scene for the material that follows. In doing so, it focuses on the production of vulnerability, the human dimensions of disaster, the practical lessons that can be drawn from it, and the ways in which Ōtautahi serves as a living laboratory for the future. It tells us much about what works, what does not and what it means to live in a disastrous world.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Decade of Disaster Experiences in Ōtautahi ChristchurchContextualising the Decade of Disaster Experiences in Ōtautahi Christchurch: The Critical Disaster Studies Imperative

Editors: Uekusa, Shinya; Matthewman, Steve; Glavovic, Bruce C.

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Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
ISBN
978-981-16-6862-3
Pages
3 –26
DOI
10.1007/978-981-16-6863-0_1
Publisher site
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Abstract

[The process of recovery in Ōtautahi Christchurch remains slow and problematic. Most previous research has foregrounded the city’s recovery from the Canterbury earthquake sequence, when it is in fact recovering from multiple disasters. Post-earthquakes, Cantabrians have needed to deal with waves of (sometimes related) disasters. This provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn from a decade of disasters in order to prepare for future events. The introduction outlines the Critical Disaster Studies perspective to set the scene for the material that follows. In doing so, it focuses on the production of vulnerability, the human dimensions of disaster, the practical lessons that can be drawn from it, and the ways in which Ōtautahi serves as a living laboratory for the future. It tells us much about what works, what does not and what it means to live in a disastrous world.]

Published: Feb 13, 2022

Keywords: Canterbury earthquake sequence; Critical disaster studies; Disaster sociology; Extreme city; Living with disasters; Urban disaster recovery; Waves of disasters

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