Balancing risk against the preservation of earthquake prone buildings is a continuing struggle in Wellington, New Zealand. This project gathered and compared the perspectives of the general public, church communities, heritage specialists, professional engineers, and local authorities to assist GNS Science in balancing the interests of these stakeholders. Recommendations include standardizing structural assessment processes and training, feasibility of additional public funding to upgrade buildings, new signage to increase public awareness of earthquake prone buildings, and regular communication among stakeholders to understand and resolve differences.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Haley, Daniel Patrick
• Hyman, Alexander Maxwell
• Potter, John Clayton
• Beaupre, Andrew J
• Gogichaishvili, Andro

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Security
• Well-Being
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030614-164058

Parola chiave

• Risk management
• Architecture--Conservation and restoration
• Emergency management

Advisor

• Manzo, V J
• Davis, Paul W.

Year

• 2014

Center

• Wellington, New Zealand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• GNS Science

Date created

• 2014-03-06

luogo

• Wellington

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Ultima modifica

• 2021-01-06