Editorial

Abstract

Life and planning in Christchurch continues to be dominated by attempts to rebuild after the series of 11,000 plus earthquakes that have shaken the region since September 2010. Although the shakes are now largely inconsequential the ongoing de-construction and reconstruction of the city and related infrastructure continues to make travelling tomes, mental maps and senses of place quite ephemeral. They have also created a varietyof opportunities for research and analysis and it should not be surprising if this and subsequent issues of this journal feature a number of articles on risk and resilience themes. Consequently, this issue leads with Nick Kirk’s article exploring some of the opportunities that the quake has created, and this theme is continued in Grace Duyndam’s exploration of a future Chinatown for the city. Michelle Ruske’s analysis of the life and quake-related death of a controversial shorefront apartment block completes a trifecta of quake articles.