Volume 1: Summary and Recommendations in Volumes 1-3, Seismicity, Soils and the Seismic Design of Buildings
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Letter of transmittal
Introduction
Section 1: Summary and recommendations – Volumes 1–3
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Royal Commission’s approach
2.3 New Zealand’s tectonic setting
2.4 Faults
2.5 Active faults in the Canterbury region
2.6 Earthquakes
2.7.1 The Canterbury earthquakes
2.7.1 The Canterbury earthquakes
2.8 The New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model
2.9 Conclusions
Annex 1: Tectonic structure of the Canterbury region
3.1 Structural actions
3.2 Seismic design of buildings
3.3 Analysis of seismic actions
3.4 Different structural forms in buildings
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Expert advice
4.3 Canterbury soils
4.4 Soils in the Christchurch CBD
4.5 Role of soils in an earthquake
4.6 Soil liquefaction and lateral spreading
4.7 Damage to structures
4.8 Impact of Alpine Fault rupture
4.9 Canterbury earthquakes: performance of foundations
4.10 Seismic design and construction of building foundations
in CBDs of New Zealand cities
Appendix 1: Terms of Reference
Appendix 2: Expert advisers
Appendix 3: Submitters and witnesses
Appendix 4: Glossary of terms
