Otago communities are getting closer to deciding how they want to adapt to hazards like flooding, earthquakes and liquefaction. Glenorchy and Kinloch residents met with the Otago Regional Council ...

Because of that, an evacuation model has been developed - the first time one has covered an entire city in New Zealand ... such as landslides and liquefaction which could lead to impassable ...

Liquefaction is a phenomenon where saturated ... major quakes in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2010 and 2011, and the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964.

earthquakes and liquefaction. For the past four years, the Otago Regional Council had been developing an adaptation strategy involving technical reports and community consultation. Science and ...

Liquefaction is a phenomenon in which the strength and stiffness of a soil is reduced by earthquake shaking or other rapid loading. Liquefaction can cause major damage during an earthquake.