Browsing by Author "White, Iain"
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Assessing the effects of flood resilience technologies
(2013)The impacts of floods on housing in urban areas are increasing due to both the intensification of extreme weather events and the development of settlements together with the rising vulnerability of assets in areas at risk. ... -
“The best flood I ever had”: Contingent resilience and the (relative) success of adaptive technologies
(Elsevier, 2020)The practical operationalisation of resilience within cities is strongly linked to technology, such as better construction materials or redesigning urban form. Institutional and private sector actors often focus on issues ... -
Beyond 'just' flood risk management: the potential for-and limits to-alleviating flood disadvantage
(Springer, 2018)The threat of flooding poses a considerable challenge for justice. Not only are more citizens becoming exposed to risk, but they are expected to play increasingly active roles in flood risk management. However, until ... -
Climate Change: Where we live, how we live, and how we plan for it
(2019)This presentation discusses that combating climate change required long-term, intergenerational planning, and political will. -
Continuity and change in national riskscapes: a New Zealand perspective on the challenges for climate governance theory and practice
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020)Climate change challenges how policy agents imagine and manage risks in space and time. The impacts are dynamic, uncertain and contested. We use riskscapes as a lens to analyse how New Zealand has perceived and mediated ...
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Power, participation and everyday politics within state-led urban renewal in Hong Kong
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This thesis identifies and examines the ways power, participation, and everyday politics shape urban renewal outcomes in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has a long history of state-led urban renewal, which continues to lead to ... -
Complex uncertainty: Long-term risk management decision making in New Zealand local government
(The University of Waikato, 2021)New Zealand’s natural hazardscape has long posed risks for government owned water infrastructure and its stakeholder communities. In the context of climate change, there are predictions that the frequency and intensity of ... -
Exposing the hidden politics of housing provision in Aotearoa New Zealand: The complex governance landscape of new housing in Hamilton
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Delivery of sufficient affordable, quality new housing in New Zealand has been high on the political agenda since the 1990s and, despite considerable government activity and policy attention, achieving that goal remains ... -
Restraints of change : limits to 'managed retreats' in Aotearoa New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Managed retreat is an important strategy for natural hazard risk reduction and climate change adaptation, but its operationalisation brings many challenges, even when it is compelling. With significant built, cultural and ... -
Prospects of climate resilient infrastructure in the low-income informal settlements of Dhaka - A community approach
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis focuses on the prospects of climate resilient infrastructure in the low-income settlements of Dhaka city. Numerous research findings show that low-income communities of Dhaka are living in the hazard prone areas ...
