David Sweeting

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David Sweeting

Conference paper

Developing an urban resilience framework for application in local government: a research-practice collaboration

5 May 2022

Sarah Bell,

Elissa McMillan,

Maree Grenfell,

David Sweeting,

Melanie Lowe

10th State of Australasian Cities National Conference, 1-3 December 2021, Melbourne, Australia

This paper explores a partnership between university researchers and the City of Melbourne which sought to clarify the concept of urban resilience and make it applicable to the multi-sectoral work of local government.

Briefing paper

Urban resilience for local government: concepts, definitions and qualities

20 Nov 2021

Melanie Lowe,

Sarah Bell,

Jessie Briggs,

Elissa McMillan,

Merrick Morley,

Maree Grenfell,

David Sweeting,

Alison Whitten,

Nikki Jordan

Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute,

City of Melbourne

This paper provides an overview of the concepts, definitions and qualities of urban resilience to better understand how to address the challenges of the future with the ideas of today.