#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