The Resilient Sydney
Strategy 2025-2030
our approach
Developing the Strategy
Four main drivers of change are now shaping human societies: globalisation, urbanisation, climate change and digitalisation.
The city resilience framework is ana internationality recognised way to understand how cities are changing and how we can strengthen their resilience.
The city resilience framework responds to these drivers. The framework describes the characteristics of a resilient city across 4 dimensions:
- Health and wellbeing: the health and wellbeing of everyone living and working in the city.
- Natural and built environments: the quality of the ecosystems and built infrastructure connecting and supporting the city.
- Economy and society: the systems within the society an economy that enable urban population to live peacefully and sustainably.
- Governance and planning: appropriate leadership, governance and strategy enabling the city to learn from the past and take timely action.
The resilience risk assessment tha informs the strategy was structured by the dimensions outlined in the city resilience framework. The resilience risk assessment alongside the outcomes of community engagement identified property shocks and stresses facing Greater Sydney.
The strategy is based on extensive research and
engagement across four phases to:
1
Build the evidence base including propriety shocks and stresses for Greater Sydney
2
Test the shocks and stresses and identify resilience challenges
3
Explore action areas to address these resilience challenges
4
Develop and refine actions
Five directions
The strategy has 30 actions across 5 directions:
Direction 1
Care for the environment
Direction 2
People -
centred city
Direction 3
Connect for
strength
Direction 4
Be ready
