Finding out about liquefaction following the Christchur

1. What is the issue? Prior to the Christchurch earthquake, the word ‘liquefaction’ was very much an unknown. What is your understanding of liquefaction, and through your research, in what ways, if any, can we prepare to deal with this phenomenon?

2. Liquefaction! The hidden monster

3. liquefaction! The unknown monster!

8. The shaking makes the small soft sandy earth particles vibrate

9. The water beneath rises up through the ground and mixes with the soft soil

12. liquefaction! The known monster! WHEN WE KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, WHEN WE KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE THEN WE WILL KNOW HOW TO WORK TOWARD FIXING THEM 1. Learn which homes and structures were affected, and which ones weren’t. 2. Design more earthquake-liquefaction resistant homes. 3. Educate locals to build their skill sets using disaster-resistant technologies. 4. Stimulate local demand for new types of housing and design. 5. Measure the change over time.