A Resilient Public Estate is a partnership of 11 GMCA Councils who undertook assessments of the public assets that they manage and mapped them against specific climate change indicators of the future. The aim was to understand the best management options of those assets on an economic and service delivery basis, so that the best possible outcome for the community can be optimised by councils, even when faced with extreme climate change scenarios. The project gave council staff tailored spatial tools, case studies, and mentoring in their use as well as financial impact analyses and asset adaptation plans of identified vulnerable assets. 

GMCA worked with Spatial Vision and Marsden Jacob Associates to enable councils to understand:

• How climate change may increase the vulnerability ratings of individual council assets (including but not limited to roads, open spaces, drainage and buildings)
• How service delivery may be impacted by climate change
• The additional cost in maintaining or delivering an asset or service assuming no adaptation action
• How much extra can councils expect to pay to respond to damages or pay in insurance
• The expected cost of making assets resilient
• How might council income streams be impacted by climate change
• What can councils put in place to mitigate climate change in future development and management of assets.

Project Reports can be accessed below:
Final Resilient Public Estate Project Report April 2024
Resilient Public Estate Methods Report April 2024
Resilient Public Estate Climate change Adaptation Decision Making Guidelines June 2024
Resilient Public Estate - Shepparton AVA Case Study Report July 2024
Resilient Public Estate - Murrindindi AVA Case Study Report July 2024

Participating Councils