What works in Christchurch
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Christchurch
The CONTEXT block contains evidence from three distinct practices in Christchurch:
Stopping Violence Services documents a nationwide network with its oldest provider operating in Christchurch since 1983, though this practice does not quantify Christchurch-specific outcomes. Gap Filler shows that following the 2010–11 earthquakes, community organisations activated over 700 transitional public projects on vacant sites, fostering social and ecological connection, though the evidence is largely qualitative rather than impact-evaluated. Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor documents a Crown-led managed retreat converting approximately 600 hectares from an 8,000-property liquefaction-damaged red zone into an 11 km green spine, including 80 hectares of constructed wetlands treating stormwater for roughly 25,000 properties—though full ecological and carbon outcomes remain unmeasured and the programme is still unfolding beyond 2023.
Drawn from: Stopping Violence Services — New Zealand's Court-Linked Network of Non-Violence Programmes for Men · Gap Filler — Community-Led Temporary Reuse of Earthquake-Vacant Sites in Christchurch · Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor — Post-Earthquake Managed Retreat into a Floodplain Green Spine
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +52 pts 100 here · 48 average
Governance, certification & transferability +36 pts 100 here · 64 average
Impact on gender equality +29 pts 100 here · 71 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Inclusiveness / equity +24 pts 67 here · 43 average
Evaluated outcomes +21 pts 100 here · 79 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +9 pts 67 here · 57 average
Weaknesses
Transferability / replicability -10 pts 50 here · 60 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -28 pts 0 here · 28 average
Efficiency -33 pts 0 here · 33 average
Effectiveness -68 pts 0 here · 68 average
Achievement / evidence -88 pts 0 here · 88 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Christchurch. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Stopping Violence Services — New Zealand's Court-Linked Network of Non-Violence Programmes for Men · 63
Gap Filler — Community-Led Temporary Reuse of Earthquake-Vacant Sites in Christchurch · 62
Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor — Post-Earthquake Managed Retreat into a Floodplain Green Spine · 47
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more