Canterbury natural hazard research gets $1.35m funding boost

Three teams from the University of Canterbury have been awarded funding from Toka Tū Ake EQC to fill knowledge gaps and further improve engineering practices, land-use planning and building design to boost resilience.

Civil & Natural Resources Engineering Professor Misko Cubrinovski

Three UC Professors will each lead a project; Professor Misko Cubrinovski will focus on the Assessment and Mitigation of Liquefaction Hazards. Dr Timothy Stahl’s project will be about Resilience to Earthquake and Landslide Multi-Hazards, and Professor Brendon Bradley’s research will look at Next-generation seismic hazard analysis for NZ.

Read the full article on Toka Tū Ake EQC.