Climate related hazards such as floods, heatwaves or extreme storm events can have a devastating impact on natural and human systems. By gaining an understanding of expected climate hazards and local impacts, organisations can take proactive adaptation action to improve the resilience of their assets.
HIP V. HYPE assessed the vulnerability of 12 Merri-bek City Council assets to identify gaps between the current and desired level of resilience for each asset.
Merri-bek City Council
Climate Strategies & Programs
Fawkner Occasional Care
Coburg Civic Centre and Town Hall
Sustainability
Insights from these assessments helped identity site-specific actions to improve the resilience of the assets to climate impacts, as well as additional opportunities for Merri-bek’s broader asset portfolio.
Recommendations from the project will help Merri-bek continue to provide assets which function as intended and meet the needs of users and the community in a changing climate.
- Review of asset information and climate data
- Site visits to determine asset condition
- Targeted engagement to understand asset history
- Development of asset-specific resilience targets and ratings
- Development of site-specific and portfolio-wide actions recommendations
- The identification of opportunities to improve the climate resilience of several asset types