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Natural hazards impact significant numbers of businesses and New Zealanders annually, costing millions in flood-related and landslip-related insurance claims – a cost predicted to AT LEAST double due to climate change. And yet…

Consents for construction and land development continue to be issued without consideration to natural hazard risk and planning – in 2008, the value of consents issued for residential building alone totalled $6.2 billion.

Sustainable land use decision making is essential to lower our exposure to natural hazards.

The issues raised in Land Use Planning for Natural Hazards: Stewardship for the Future have far-reaching implications for Government, for Regional Authorities, for the community and for business.

Land Use Planning for Natural Hazards: Stewardship for the Future lays the foundation upon which a series of coordinated activities will be built with the objective of creating greater resilience to potentially life-threatening, economically damaging and environmentally disastrous natural hazards.