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                     Back to Speakers overview Kelvin Berryman Director, Natural Hazards Research Platform, GNS Science SSA/EERI 2013 William B. Joyner Memorial Lecturer Present position: Director, Natural Hazards Research Platform, GNS  Science Employment history: NZ Geological Survey 1974-1990, DSIR Geology  & Geophysics 1990-1992, GNS Science 1992- present  Degrees: BSc 1974; BSc (Hons) 1977; PhD 1990, Victoria University  of Wellington 1. Science to Practice: Seismic safety for hydro-electric energy sector – original Clyde  Dam study (1980-1983) plus review 2002-present, all Waitaki River facilities (1997-  2004), Clutha River (1983-1986), Waikato River power stations (1997-2003), Matahina  Dam (1995-2000); National tsunami risk study (2005); Canterbury earthquakes (2010-  present); >200 GNS client reports; earthquake hazard studies from site specific to  regions in New Zealand (1975-present), Fiji (1978), Australia (1999-2002), Japan (2002-  present), Iran (2007).  2. Service to Science and Community: Editorial boards of academic journals – Geology  (1990-1992), NZ Journal of Geology & Geophysics (1997-2001) & Bulletin of  Seismological Society of America (2009-present); Vice-president neotectonics commission  of INQUA (1981-1986); NZ representative to IGCP projects 206 (1987-1992) and 274  (1988-1992); co-leader project II-5 of international lithosphere programme 2000-2004;  PhD supervisor Victoria University 2002-2005 (Kate Clark née Wilson), FRST post-doc  mentor to four scholars 1992-2007 (Andrew Nicol, Robert Langridge, Nicola Litchfield, and  Andrew Wells); Project leader for Global Earthquake Model 2010-2013; Science advisor to  Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority 2011-present; PBRF Physical Sciences panel  2003, 2006, 2009, vice-chair 2012.  3. Awards: Otto Glogau Award of NZ Society Earthquake Engineering 1993 & 2000, Royal  Society of NZ Medal 2000, Royal Society of NZ Marsden Award 2007, Queens Service  Order 2011 for services to science and Canterbury earthquake recovery, Fellow of NZ  Society Earthquake Engineering 2012.  4. Membership of Professional Societies  • New Zealand Geosciences Society • New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering  • American Geophysical Union  • Seismological Society of America  • New Zealand Institute of Directors 5. Contribution to Science: 114 peer reviewed journal articles & book chapters (H  citation index = 30; Google Scholar July 2012). Current research specialities include:  • Earthquake geology studies of the Alpine fault. • Interpreting coastal geomorphology and deposits in terms of past earthquake  activity. • Natural hazard and risk studies from site specific to national scale. The context and impacts of the Canterbury earthquake sequence of 2010-2011  Abstract The Canterbury earthquake sequence, which began with the Mw 7.1 Darfield earthquake  on 4 September 2010, has continued to the present, and represents the largest socio-  economic issue for New Zealand since World War II. The proximal, very energetic, shallow  earthquakes have resulted in major economic impacts on the second largest city in New.  However, because there is >80% insurance penetration into the New Zealand residential  and commercial market, insurers and reinsurers have borne the brunt of the c. NZ$30  billion total economic losses. Government will spend c. NZ$6-8 billion of this. The  economic impacts correspond to approximately 15% of GDP.  Much of the damage in Christchurch has resulted from widespread ground deformation  due to liquefaction and lateral spreading, which has affected horizontal infrastructure, and residential and commercial buildings alike. A large part of the central business district has  been demolished because of much-greater-than-code ground shaking, lateral spread in  foundations, a building stock with known deficiencies, and because of the way that  insurance cover was written. Despite the widespread damage to the central and eastern parts of Christchurch the long  term economic prognosis is excellent. Businesses in the region have proven to be very  flexible and adaptable, and as many as 95% of pre-quake businesses continue to operate.  The agricultural hinterland of Christchurch is highly productive, and although the port has  been damaged its throughput has increased by approximately 50% since September  2010. The tourism sector has been badly impacted with hotel beds down by 75%,  although hotel rebuilding is now underway.  Lessons for New Zealanders and the international community include factoring rare events  into risk management, being aware of accumulation risk, actioning earthquake prone  building policy, and keeping risk transfer options, such as insurance, current even in quiet  periods with few natural hazard events. Back to Speakers overview