Great regrets

When the official history of the Christchurch and Canterbury earthquakes is written it will doubtlessly proclaim the excellent efforts of the people and catalogue the challenges everyone faced.  There will be discussion about fault lines and legal responses and EQC and insurance.  It is likely the major population changes and the housing crisis will be mentioned.  

The interesting bit will be the way it looks at whether the city could have done more than rebuild itself as a rough but exact mirror of its pre quake self.  Was the 2010 concrete slab jungle the best use of the clearing of the old decayed city or could have renewable sustainable technologies and modern work environments complete with