Principles and processes for prioritising and influencing urban resilience investment

These principles and processes for resilience investment in Australia focus on creating an enabling environment for effective and sustainable investments. The principles and processes are envisaged to be used by applicants for resilience funding programs, by funders of these programs as well as other users.

The principles and processes are not geared towards a specific audience on a specific level or in a specific organisation but are in that sense 'context-free' to set a common ground and provide ideas for anyone involved in resilience investment and resilience building. They are normative statements, designed to guide investment decisions by promoting holistic approaches that incorporate multidimensional risk analysis, prioritise vulnerable populations, encourage long-term planning and embed resilience considerations at every stage of development and policymaking.

While not all principles may be achieved, the principles can have an ‘educational’ effect by providing an understanding of what resilience investment should and could strive for. The principles can be used for preparing and considering a funding application, and other types of resilience investments. The suggested processes under each principle within the document provide more detail.