An inventory of unreinforced masonry churches in New Zealand
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Title (Dublin Core)
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An inventory of unreinforced masonry churches in New Zealand
Description (Dublin Core)
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Churches are an important part of New Zealand’s historical and architectural heritage. Various earthquakes around the world have highlighted the significant seismic vulnerability of religious buildings, with the extensive damage that occurred to stone and clay-brick unreinforced masonry churches after the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes emphasising the necessity to better understand this structural type. Consequently, a country-wide inventory of unreinforced masonry churches is here identified. After a bibliographic and archival investigation, and a 10 000 km field trip, it is estimated that currently 297 unreinforced masonry churches are present throughout New Zealand, excluding 12 churches demolished in Christchurch because of heavy damage sustained during the Canterbury earthquake sequence. The compiled database includes general information about the buildings, their architectural features and structural characteristics, and any architectural and structural transformations that have occurred in the past. Statistics about the occurrence of each feature are provided and preliminary interpretations of their role on seismic vulnerability are discussed. The list of identified churches is reported in annexes, supporting their identification and providing their address.
Creator (Dublin Core)
Marotta, Alessandra
Goded, Tatiana
Giovinazzi, Sonia
Lagomarsino, Sergio
Liberatore, Domenico
Sorrentino, Luigi
Ingham, Jason M.
Publisher (Dublin Core)
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New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
Date (Dublin Core)
2015-09-30
Type (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Article
Format (Dublin Core)
application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
https://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/132
10.5459/bnzsee.48.3.170-189
Source (Dublin Core)
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Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering; Vol 48 No 3 (2015); 170-189
2324-1543
1174-9857
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Relation (Dublin Core)
https://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/132/120
Rights (Dublin Core)
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Copyright (c) 2015 Alessandra Marotta, Tatiana Goded, Sonia Giovinazzi, Sergio Lagomarsino, Domenico Liberatore, Luigi Sorrentino, Jason M. Ingham
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
