Legislation for Effective Post-Disaster Reconstruction

• Authors: James Olabode Rotimi , Suzanne Wilkinson , Kelvin Zuo , Dean Myburgh

Title variants

LT

Efektyvaus aplinkos atstatymo po stichinių nelaimių įstatymai

Abstracts

EN

New Zealand is vulnerable to natural disasters. When disasters occur, the effects can be devastating on the built environment. As one aspect of a major programme of research in New Zealand, the authors address the recovery issue in terms of how legislation either facilitates or hinders reconstruction. The results of a survey to building control officers and other disaster practitioners in New Zealand on the application of the Building Act 2004 post-disaster are presented in this paper. There are indications that the New Zealand Building Act 2004 will not be supportive or enabling in post-disaster reconstruction environments, particularly in large-scale disaster events. Key problems found were procedural constraints as a result of high consenting standards and logistic considerations. The desire is to create the best possible conditions that will encourage rapid rebuilding of lives and communities after large-scale disasters in New Zealand and that can only be done within a supportive legislative environment.

LT

Infrastruktūros tinklai Naujojoje Zelandijoje platūs, miestai išbarstyti, tačiau tankiai apgyvendinti, tad stichinės nelaimės gali pridaryti žalos. Tokios nelaimės gali nusiaubti gamtine ir užstatyta aplinka. Bendruomenė tam turėtu. pasiruošti iš anksto, o ne pasikliauti operatyviu atkūrimo procesu po ivykio. Kaip viena iš Naujojoje Zelandijoje vykstančios stambios tyrimu programos aspektu autoriai pasirinko atkūrimo klausima ir ji nagrinėja analizuodami, kaip istatymai padeda arba trukdo atstatymo projektams ir programoms. Iprastoms statyboms taikomi istatymai numato saugu infrastruktūros, kapitalo investiciju ir žemėtvarkos plėtojima, užtikrindami aplinkosauga, tačiau dažnai jie netinka atstatymo po stichiniu nelaimiu projektams. Šiame darbe pristatomi rezultatai, gauti apklausus Naujosios Zelandijos statybu kontrolės pareigūnus ir kitus stichiniu nelaimiu specialistus dėl Statybu istatymo (2004) taikymo po stichiniu nelaimiu. Yra ženklu, kad Naujosios Zelandijos statybu istatymas (2004) nebus palankus arba sudarantis galimybes nuo stichiniu nelaimiu nukentėjusioms teritorijoms atstatyti, ypač kai stichinės nelaimės yra stambaus masto. Apklausos rezultatai rodo, kad tebekyla iššūkiai, kaip pagal ši istatyma atstatymo uždavinius ivykdyti veiksmingai. Daugiausia dėmesio tarp iškeltu klausimu skirta procedūriniams suvaržymams, susijusiems su aukštais kvalifikaciniais standartais ir kitomis logistikos aplinkybėmis. Būtinas nemenkas dėmesys, norint taikyti Statybu istatyma reagavimo i nelaimes ir aplinkos atkūrimo srityje. Siekiama sukurti geriausias imanomas salygas, kurios skatins spartu gyvenamosios aplinkos ir bendruomenės infrastruktūros atstatyma po stambiu stichiniu nelaimiu Naujojoje Zelandijoje ir kurios imanomos tik palankioje teisinėje aplinkoje.

Keywords

EN

Reconstruction; Legislation; Building Act; Post-disaster reconstruction

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: International Journal of Strategic Property Management
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 143-152

Contributors

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James Olabode Rotimi

• School of Construction and Civil Engineeering, UNITEC Institute of Technology, Private Bag 92025, Auckland, New Zealand

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Suzanne Wilkinson

• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

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Kelvin Zuo

• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

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Dean Myburgh

• 80/20 Options NZ Limited, 37 Helvetia Drive, Browns Bay, North Shore, Auckland 0630, New Zealand

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Identifiers

DOI

10.3846/1648-715X.2009.13.143-152