The post-earthquake city: disaster and recovery in Christchurch, New Zealand

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- About the authors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Contextualising Ōtautahi Christchurch -- Theorising disaster-affected places -- Positioning the book -- Structure of the book -- Part I: Damage and displacement -- Chapter 2: The fracturing of a vulnerable city -- Introduction -- Vulnerability, resilience and security -- Technocratic security: insurance and building codes -- The ecology of the earthquake sequence -- Death and destruction -- Rapid disaster response -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Impacts on households and communities -- Introduction -- A differentiated urban landscape: patterns and movements -- Land zoning and insurance claims -- The case of Southshore -- Psychosocial distress and mental well-being -- Community and neighbourhood expressions of support -- Conclusion -- Part II: Recovery and renewal -- Chapter 4: Governance and the cartographies of recovery -- Introduction -- Issues of governance -- Panoptical maps and plans -- Business activation alliances -- Heritages lost and found -- From rebuild to regeneration -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Housing recovery -- Introduction -- Urban planning and residential real estate development -- Christchurch's pre-earthquake housing path -- Housing damage, insurance and recovery planning -- Central city housing development -- Suburban housing -- New housing in the satellite greenfields -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: City centre recovery and commercial property investment -- Introduction -- Property investment decision-making and calculative practices -- Responding to loss in the central city -- Making space for the commercial rebuild -- Property owners and investors respond -- The progress of the central city rebuild -- Conclusion.