#38 - Prof. Iain White Interview (Environmental Planning, Auckland, Hazards, Housing, Insurance, Mt Taranaki Erupting etc.)

Professor Iain White is a lecturer at the University Of Waikato
who specializes in Environmental Planning


SOCIAL MEDIA


Twitter - @Iain White


 


TIMESTAMPS


 


00:19 - Prof. Iain White Being Busy


00:57 - What Is Environmental Planning And How It Works


04:10 - NZ Suffers From Poor Planning Years Ago


05:12 - Spacial Planning/Problems With Auckland


06:13 - How Data Is Collected For “Most Liveable Cities” Survey


08:41 - Speaking To Local & Central Government


09:15 - How To Get Funding To Collect Evidence/Map Of NZ Flooding
Model


12:15 - Science Not Influencing Policies


13:24 - Mt Taranaki Is Due To Erupt Soon


14:15 - Problems Of Wellington/Relocating Some Government Work
Out Of Wellington


15:56 - NZ Has A Weird Economy/Housing


17:15 - Fallout Of Mt Taranaki’s Eruption/Risk Maps


19:45 - Cascading Impacts/Loss Of Business Confidence


21:28 - Pros And Cons Of Christchurch Earthquake


22:10 - Problem With Hauraki Plains/Vulnerable Land


25:15 - What Insurance Actually Is/NZ Most Hazardous Country In
The World


28:42 - Why Iain Moved From The UK to NZ


31:00- The Halo Effect Of Auckland/Problems With Auckland


33:36 - Iain Settled In Hamilton Because Of Ease Of Commuting


34:17 - People Moving To Hamilton Are Helping The City
Economically


34:39 - People Moving To Tauranga Are Hindering Growth/Hamiltons
CBD Problems


36:29 - Government Doesn’t Plan 50 Years Into The Future For
Infrastructure


38:22 - NZ’s Global Debt Is Tiny Compared To Other Countries


39:00 - Why We Have A Housing Crisis


41:32 - Mediating The Housing Crisis/Land Value


45:02 - Types Of House Development


45:52 - We Have Enough Homes But They Aren’t In The Right Place


46:35 - Providing People The Ability To Work In Auckland But Not
Live There


48:15 - Roads Decrease Land Value/Rail Increases Land Value


49:56 - Concentration Of Work Industries Can Be Detrimental
Sometimes


51:05 - Hamilton Needs To Become A Logistics Hub


51:50 - Attracting Industry Is A Dated Concept Should Attract
People Instead


54:30 - Waikato Region/Amalgamation


55:45 - Auckland Are Great At Getting Central Government Money
But Waikato Isn’t


57:53 - National Infrastructure Plan


59:04 - Safe Cycle Network/Hamilton Will Start Getting More
Congestion Soon


1:00:50 - Align A Budget To What You Want A City To Be


1:01:30 - Political People Don’t Want To Take Risks


1:03:07 - Youth Not Voting/Louise Hutt/Visionary Mayor


1:05:22 - Iain Isn’t Interested In Getting into Politics


1:06:22 - Problems Of Committee’s


1:08:10 - University Of Waikato Has Areas That Are World
Class/Bruce Clarkson


1:10:13 - Fake News/Facebook Largest Disinformation Platform In
History


1:12:45 - Industries Funded By Dark Money/Alternative Facts


1:14:20 - Students Questioning Him/Collaborating/Data Rich
Information Poor


1:16:24 - Lectures Outside Of Work Hours


1:16:58 - Professor Michael Mann Lecture Event