2023 Volume 22 Issue 3 Pages 474-478
The Canterbury Earthquake caused extensive damage to the Christchurch city center. Through interviews with Christchurch City Council, a literature review of Central City Recovery Plan, and field research, this paper outlines the contents of the recovery plan and reports on the status of plan implementation as of September 2023, 12 years after the earthquake. In order to concentrate reconstruction efforts on the city center, Frame, Core, and 17 priority projects have been established to create a compact and well-defined city, with the creation of several large bases on the periphery of Frame and low-rise buildings within Frame. The Design Guides that support the realization of the reconstruction plan has been used to create a meticulous design of public spaces that facilitate pedestrian circulation.
