New Zealand: University of Canterbury gets $8m research grant

New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has announced that they will fund research at the University of Canterbury on projects related to renewable energy and the resilience of infrastructure organisations following a disaster.

"The organisational dimensions of infrastructure services will play a vital role in future disasters, determining the speed and effectiveness of both initial emergency responses, and also the longer recovery and restoration of the wide range of infrastructure services," said Venkataraman Nilakant, Associate Professor at the Canterbury University.