PUBLICATIONS
Image: Christine Eriksen and Maree workshopping “Rethinking the interplay between affluence and vulnerability to aid climate change adaptive capacity” in Zurich
Here are some of our publications for you to read
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A research-based, practice-relevant urban resilience framework for local government
Urban resilience has rapidly developed as a concept to assist urban actors to prepare for, and respond to, shocks and stresses experienced in cities. Urban resilience has been variously defined, and abstract and nebulous resilience concepts can be difficult to apply in practice. Through a research-practice partnership we sought to clarify the concept of urban resilience and make it applicable to the multi-sectoral work of local government in Australia. By conducting a literature review and researcher-practitioner workshops, we developed an urban resilience framework to assist local government planning….
Co-author: Maree Grenfell
Lowe, M., Bell, S., Briggs, J., McMillan, E., Morley, M., Grenfell, M., … Jordan, N. (2024). A research-based, practice-relevant urban resilience framework for local government. Local Environment, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2024.2318571
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Cities People Love: People are the heart of all cities: reflections on Resilient Melbourne
The urban environment of the Anthropocene connects more people than ever before to systems providing services depended upon for daily survival and quality of life. Primary systems such as energy, water and communications are relied upon for functioning food systems, health care, banking and more. The complex interdependencies of these systems in the context of increasing expectations of our modern lifestyles, means that the impacts of disruption become more and more perilous…..
Author: Maree Grenfell
Cities People Love (est. 2020) is a social enterprise organisation dedicated to the creation and curation of urban research that can engage and empower communities to influence policy and practice.
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Rethinking the interplay between affluence and vulnerability to aid climate change adaptive capacity
Affluence and vulnerability are often seen as opposite sides of a coin—with affluence generally understood as reducing forms of vulnerability through increased resilience and adaptive capacity. However, in the context of climate change and an increase in associated hazards and disasters, we suggest the need to re-examine this dynamic relationship—a complex association we define here as the Affluence–Vulnerability Interface (AVI)….
Co-author: Maree Grenfell
Eriksen, C., Simon, G.L., Roth, F. et al. Rethinking the interplay between affluence and vulnerability to aid climate change adaptive capacity. Climatic Change 162, 25–39 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02819-x
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Cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis
Cities globally are greening their urban fabric, but to contribute positively to the biodiversity extinction crisis, local governments must explicitly target actions for biodiversity. We apply the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) framework — nature for nature, society and culture — to elevate local governments’ efforts in the lead up to the 2021 UN Biodiversity Conference. The UN’s Vision of Living in Harmony with Nature can only be realised if cities are recognised and resourced for their roles in biodiversity protection — for nature, for society and for culture.
Co-author: Maree Grenfell
Oke, C., Bekessy, S.A., Frantzeskaki, N. et al. Cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis. npj Urban Sustain 1, 11 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-020-00010-w
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Developing a Metropolitan-Wide Urban Forest Strategy for a Large, Expanding and Densifying Capital City: Lessons from Melbourne, Australia
Urban forests provide many ecosystem services, such as reducing heat, improving air quality, treatment of stormwater, carbon sequestration, as well as biodiversity benefits. These benefits have resulted in increasing demand for urban forests and strategies to maintain and enhance this natural infrastructure. In response to a broader resilience strategy for Melbourne, Australia, we outline how a metropolitan-wide urban forest strategy (Living Melbourne) was developed, encompassing multiple jurisdictions and all land tenures.
Hartigan, Martin & Fitzsimons, James & Grenfell, Maree & Kent, Toby. (2021). Developing a Metropolitan-Wide Urban Forest Strategy for a Large, Expanding and Densifying Capital City: Lessons from Melbourne, Australia. Land. 10. 809. 10.3390/land10080809.
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Metropolitan governance in action? Learning from metropolitan Melbourne’s urban forest strategy
One of the central, flagship actions of the Resilient Melbourne Strategy has been the development of a metropolitan urban forest strategy, called ‘Living Melbourne’. Its explicitly metropolitan scope has been one of the distinct features of Resilient Melbourne, established through the global city network 100 Resilient Cities, pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation. It is an Australian first – a metropolitan strategy galvanising support for a unified vision for urban greening across the plethora of local governments, state government, water authorities, statutory planning agencies as well as various non-governmental organisations.
Lars Coenen, Kathryn Davidson, Niki Frantzeskaki, Maree Grenfell,Irene Håkansson & Martin Hartigan (2020): Metropolitan governance in action?Learning from metropolitan Melbourne’s urban forest strategy, Australian Planner, DOI:10.1080/07293682.2020.1740286