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Art Box and Beat Box, the Festival of
Program on an unprecedented scale.
Transitional Architecture, Rekindle,
The essence of the Christchurch Central
Audacious Festival of Sonic Arts, etc.)
Recovery Plan lies in establishing a
The Established Organizations after the Earthquake in Christchurch
socially coordinated comprehensive prevention mechanism based on strong public involvement. Under this
3. Establishing an innovative,
mechanism, holistic and long-term
coordinated and comprehensive
approaches are being taken to facilitate
prevention mechanism to crack
the process of city rebuild, city renewal
the conundrum of sustainability
and sense of identity restoration. This
facing Christchurch in the post-
mechanism is the key to effectively
earthquake period
cracking the conundrum of sustainable
The Christchurch Central Recovery
development facing Christchurch in the
Plan should be considered revolutionary
post-disaster period. In general, the social
in nature. Christchurch City Council is
coordinated comprehensive prevention
implementing the “Transitional City”
mechanism demonstrates innovation in
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