How can community networks contribute to building urban resilience through engagement with infrastructure planning?
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Community networks, of varying levels of formality, have a necessary role to play in influencing the planning, design and implementation of infrastructure across our city. This three-year ARC Discovery project, led by the University of Melbourne, is learning from two different networks, Regen Melbourne and Real Deal Geelong. It seeks to understand the structures, approaches, relationships and activities that underpin each network, and how these are facilitating local-level change. Specifically, the research focuses on the interaction between these networks and infrastructure planning, including how their influence on policy and planning decision-making contribute to building urban resilience. Regen Melbourne and the University of Melbourne research team are working closely together to shape a shared learning agenda for this project. As part of this, we are exploring how regular learning cycles can inform both academic outcomes and practice-based learning that informs our work on the ground.
We are collaborating with the University of Melbourne research team as both a research subject and learning partner in this project, sharing our experiences and drawing on the insights from the project to guide our work.
Research, guides, and stories from the work underway.
