City of Melbourne is working on a four-year Major Initiative on Community Disaster Resilience, which is included in the Council Plan 2021-25 to ‘engage and prepare residents and communities to enhance their resilience to hazards, disasters and the health impacts of climate change’.
At the end of 2022, they completed their first Community Resilience Assessment in Southbank. Recent engagement results through Participate Southbank showed a low level of confidence that the neighbourhood would pull together during a disaster. In addition, just over a quarter (28 per cent) of respondents in Southbank felt they could call on a neighbour for help during a public emergency.
Check out the full report here:
https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community-resilience/southbank-resilience-assessment