Canterbury Earthquake Response: Lessons for Land Administration Policy
Donald Grant, David Mitchell & Mark Dyer
In New Zealand, a series of earthquakes and aftershocks starting in 2010 in Canterbury caused widespread damage to land and buildings, disrupted property boundaries and had a significant impact on confidence in the property market. This paper discusses the pressures the land administration system faced during the disaster response and recovery phases, some difficulties faced, and outlines the major responses by the New Zealand government. We find that these responses are proving to be broadly effective, and that aspects of the response may provide lessons for other countries faced with land administration challenges following an earthquake.
Event: FIG Working Week 2016 : Recovery from Disaster
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