Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Christchurch Earthquakes
- Cultural Effects
- Business
- Damage to buildings has reduced productive capacity of numerous companies e.g. power companies
- Change in demand. e.g. less clients, more housing demands
- 2.5% drop in operating businesses
- 37,000 business locations within the Chch area
- Painting and decoration locations up 37.5%
- Tourism
- Canterbury tourism lost $230 million because of the earthquake
- 3/4 of Canterbury tourist firms have had a drop in visitors
- 52% of tourist businesses said their revenue had fallen
- More cultural effects
- Insurance
- 70,000 people had to leave
- $2.75 - $3.5 billion worth in estimated claims.
- Environmental Effects