CLIMATE RESILIENT NORTHCOTE

CLIMATE RESILIENT NORTHCOTE PURPOSE

The purpose of the 2020 Climate Resilient Northcote structure plan is to redefine and distinguish the future projections and aims of Northcote as a precinct. Major challenges facing Northcote’s future vary from population growth cultural inclusivity and climate change. Resilience, and climate resilience particularly focuses on how urban environments can not only adapt and absorb such challenges but can flourish in the face of changes in climate and weather events in the future.

The Arup Resilience Index (2014) highlights a variety of factors that define what resilience means for the future. The report outlines the importance of considering “all levels from local to global”, when responding to and harnessing a places resilience. It highlights how a resilient city not only aims for immunity to future challenges, but also can learn from previous events.

The existing challenges and assets that underpin Northcote’s urban fabric serve as the catalyst for the shaping a comprehensive vision, structured objectives, actions, and strategic goals to achieve a ‘Climate Resilient Northcote’.

This structure plan is a cohesive, comprehensive tool of reference for future implementation strategies and actions taken in the formation of Northcote as a precinct. This report aims to ensure that Northcote becomes a connected, inclusive, green and climate ready suburb in the future, and overall a precinct that is resilient, adaptive, and prosperous in the face of future climate threats.