Evaluative Case Study: Gap Filler a creative urban regeneration initiative A public health perspective An evaluative case study report prepared for The Gap Filler Trust by the Information Team Community and Public Health, CDHB May 2017 Page | i Community and Public Health Main Office 310 Manchester Street Christchurch New Zealand PO Box 1475 Christchurch 8140 New Zealand Phone: +64 3 364 1777 Fax: +64 3 379 6125 www.cph.co.nz The information contained in this document may be derived from a number of sources. Although the CDHB has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the information is accurate, it accepts no liability or responsibility for any acts or omissions, done or omitted in reliance in whole or in part, on the information. Further, the contents of the document should be considered in relation to the time of its publication, as new evidence may have become available since publication. The Canterbury District Health Board accepts no responsibility for the manner in which this information is subsequently used. © Canterbury District Health Board, 2017 Front page: The Pallet Pavilion, Gap Filler, file photo http://gapfiller.org.nz/project/pallet-pavilion/ Page | ii Contents Abstract ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Glossary ............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Introduction and context: The Canterbury Earthquake Sequence ................................................................... 7 Summary of four significant earthquake events, Canterbury, 4 September 2010 – 13 June 2011 .............. 7 An introduction to Gap Filler ............................................................................................................................. 9 Review of relevant concepts ........................................................................................................................... 10 Introduction, scope, and purpose of this literature review ........................................................................ 10 Post-disaster psychosocial recovery, an introduction ................................................................................. 11 Community capacity and resilience ............................................................................................................. 15 Wellbeing, and post-disaster responses ..................................................................................................... 17 Primary and secondary stressors and individual differences in responses ................................................. 18 Why evaluate community interventions and creative urbanism initiatives? ............................................. 18 Evaluating the effects of community interventions on wellbeing and other social, and creative outcomes: Challenges and limitations .......................................................................................................................... 19 When disaster strikes: The role of creative urban initiatives ...................................................................... 20 How to increase individual and community wellbeing ............................................................................... 22 Case study methods ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Aim ............................................................................................................................................................... 25 Objectives .................................................................................................................................................... 25 Scope ........................................................................................................................................................... 25 Data sources ................................................................................................................................................ 25 Data collection ............................................................................................................................................. 26 List of interviewees’ organisations and roles .......................................................................................... 26 Analysis ........................................................................................................................................................ 26 Limitations of the analysis ....................................................................................................................... 27 Describing Gap Filler — a creative urban regeneration initiative ................................................................... 29 Who is Gap Filler? .................................................................................................................................... 29 What is Gap Filler? ................................................................................................................................... 29 Ways of working ...................................................................................................................................... 30 Key values ................................................................................................................................................ 31 Gap Filler has evolved over time ................................................................................................................. 33 Gap Filler now .............................................................................................................................................. 37 Consultancy ................................................................................................................................................. 38 Education programme ................................................................................................................................. 39 Page | iii Challenges for Gap Filler’s LEOTC programmes and future direction ..................................................... 41 Wellbeing ..................................................................................................................................................... 42 Measuring wellbeing — challenges and opportunities ........................................................................... 43 Project-level and organisational success factors: What works and why? ................................................... 44 Project-level characteristics .................................................................................................................... 46 Impact mapping ....................................................................................................................................... 48 Overview of selected Gap Filler projects ..................................................................................................... 50 Selected project profiles .......................................................................................................................... 51 Summary of selected Gap Filler projects ................................................................................................. 57 Successful projects .................................................................................................................................. 57 Less successful projects ........................................................................................................................... 57 The future direction of Gap Filler: What next? ........................................................................................... 58 Summary .......................................................................................................................................................... 61 Future direction ....................................................................................................................................... 63 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................................... 64 References ....................................................................................................................................................... 65 Appendix A ...................................................................................................................................................... 68 Full list of Gap Filler projects to April 2017 ............................................................................................. 68 Appendix B ....................................................................................................................................................... 70 A selection of 15 brief project profiles .................................................................................................... 70 Addendum ....................................................................................................................................................... 73 Information from the June 2017 Canterbury Wellbeing Survey ............................................................. 73 Page | iv Abstract Following the devastating Canterbury