Client: City of Whittlesea

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With a focus on the threat of extreme heat, Whittlesea Council wanted to build preparedness for the short term and longer term future, linking with existing strategies.  

Heatwaves have widespread impacts ranging from direct impacts on our health, damage to ecosystems, agriculture and infrastructure. 

 

Acknowledging the more localised risk, our client wanted to build a holistic extreme heat strategy to mitigate against extreme heat emergencies. 

 

This project considered how to build resilience over time and providing an overview of the linkages with existing strategies and plans, and where to consider future investment in resources and capital.

 

Our approach involved research and analysis of risk, vulnerability factors, historical events, facilitated workshops and plan development to inform a short and longer term approach with actions for mitigating and adapting to extreme heat events.