1. RESILIENT MELBOURNE
VCOSS Emergency Management Forum
20 June, 2016

2. Resilience context and 100 Resilient Cities
Work undertaken in Melbourne & cross-Metropolitan efforts
Strategy and actions to build a more Resilient Melbourne

3. ACUTE SHOCKS
Sudden events that threaten a city. In Melbourne, examples of acute shocks include heatwaves, bushfires, floods, influenza pandemics, and extremist acts, including cyber-crime.
Our ability to respond and bounce back from such sudden events are compromised by CHRONIC STRESSES
Challenges that weaken the fabric of a city on a day-to-day or cyclical basis. Examples such as sea level rise, increasing pressures on healthcare services, unemployment, social inequity and housing affordability
URBANIZATION
Urban populations are growing rapidly: The world’s population is projected to reach 9.5 billion in 2050, with 75 per cent of these people living in cities.1
Many are in fragile ecosystems, and the number of people at risk is unprecedented.
Already, Australia is one of the world’s most urbanised countries – almost 90 per cent of Australians live in urban areas, mainly on our eastern seaboard and we are vulnerable to a wide range of stresses and shocks
GLOBALIZATION
Cities are more interconnected than ever before, and a system failure in one city can cause problems across the globe.
As cities grow larger, the likely consequences of unexpected events are ever greater for individual cities. Cities are also more numerous and increasingly interdependent, meaning the effects of events in one place can be felt around the world.
Melburnians, like most Australians, generally see themselves as resourceful and resilient in the face of shocks. However, research undertaken by Resilient Melbourne found that only 41 per cent of Melburnians are confident that their neighbourhood would pull together in an emergency, and only 39 per cent believe that most people in their neighbourhood can be trusted.53
A recent report by the Australian Government Productivity Commission found that 97 per cent of disaster funding is spent on response activities, while the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilient and Safer Communities suggests that investing in disaster preparedness and resilience-building could reduce government disaster response budgets by 50 per cent

4. THE 100 RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK
100RC’s City Solutions include 80 partners, offering 121 services valued at US $200 Million
1028
applications from
756 cities were received during the 100RC Challenge,
Our network spans
6 continents
88 countries 14 time zones
Definition of resilience
100RC defines urban resilience as the capacity of the individuals, institutions, businesses and systems within a city to adapt, survive and thrive no matter what kind of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience.
Global network
Create systemic and transformational change and a global resilience learning/sharing network
57 CITY WORKSHOPS COMPLETED
49 CROs HIRED WITH 100+ DEDICATED SUPPORT STAFF
33 CITIES IN PHASE I OR II OF THE STRATEGY PROCESS
13 RESILIENCE STRATEGIES RELEASED AND IN IMPLEMENTATION

5. RESILIENT MELBOURNE – A METROPOLITAN OPPORTUNITY

6. To build on existing structures To avoid duplication
INTENT OF RESILIENT MELBOURNE
Vision
In a resilient Melbourne, our diverse communities are viable, sustainable, liveable and prosperous.
Guiding Principles
To build on existing structures
To avoid duplication
To deliver tangible benefits to Metropolitan Melbourne’s communities

7. ALIGNMENT WITH OTHER POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
Preliminary Resilience Assessment
Resilient Melbourne Strategy
National
Victoria

10. METROPOLITAN URBAN FOREST STRATEGYMG
This project will assist communities to lead the activation of public spaces and increase participation in decisions in their backyard.
It will also assist and support councils to redesign process to enable their communities
Already received funding from Myer foundation. This project will be seeking EOI’s for council involvement in the near future.

11. THE METROPOLITAN CYCLING NETWORKMG
This project will assist communities to lead the activation of public spaces and increase participation in decisions in their backyard.
It will also assist and support councils to redesign process to enable their communities
Already received funding from Myer foundation. This project will be seeking EOI’s for council involvement in the near future.

12. INNOVATIVE INSURANCE MG
This project will assist communities to lead the activation of public spaces and increase participation in decisions in their backyard.
It will also assist and support councils to redesign process to enable their communities
Already received funding from Myer foundation. This project will be seeking EOI’s for council involvement in the near future.

13. AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK FOR VICTORIAMG
This project will assist communities to lead the activation of public spaces and increase participation in decisions in their backyard.
It will also assist and support councils to redesign process to enable their communities
Already received funding from Myer foundation. This project will be seeking EOI’s for council involvement in the near future.

14. THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PROJECTMG
This project will assist communities to lead the activation of public spaces and increase participation in decisions in their backyard.
It will also assist and support councils to redesign process to enable their communities
Already received funding from Myer foundation. This project will be seeking EOI’s for council involvement in the near future.

15. RESILIENT MELBOURNE DELIVERY OFFICE
Temporary office to deliver on the strategy, facilitating engagement, buy-in and take-up within Melbourne’s existing institutions and organisations
Five year sunset clause
Diverse funding base, including corporate, philanthropic, State and other sources
Continued hosting within City of Melbourne
Refreshed and expanded Steering Committee
Small team of staff, recruited across sectors and metropolitan councils
On-going access to 100 Resilient Cities’ Platform Partners

16. www.resilientmelbourne.com.au Website Follow us Speak to us
Comment on strategy
Assist identifying which projects are suitable for your council