Have Your Say: New Resilience Strategy

Have Your Say: New Resilience Strategy

Have your say on developing a resilience strategy that will strengthen the city’s ability to prepare for, withstand and adapt following major disruptions.



Published in 2018, Resilient Sydney is a collaboration of all 33 metropolitan councils of Greater Sydney that aims to develop a city-wide resilience strategy. The strategy provides the framework and guidance for councils to develop a local area-specific strategy.

The new resilience strategy the City of Sydney is developing describes the challenges communities face and opportunities for action across five areas:

  1. An inclusive and connected community – How we address homelessness, perceptions of safety, lack of affordable housing, access to food, digital inclusion, social cohesion, loneliness and isolation.
  2. A climate resilient city – How we adapt to a changing climate including heat, drought, storms, flooding and rising sea levels, and create solutions for those who are most impacted.
  3. Places, buildings, and infrastructure for resilience – How we manage our infrastructure and buildings to withstand shocks and stresses and improve community resilience.
  4. A prosperous local economy – How we build the wealth of our communities through diversity, inclusiveness and revitalisation of our city.
  5. A prepared community – How we’re working with communities and government to prepare organisations, services and people to respond to and recover from shock events.


To give your feedback you can:

  • Visit the interactive map
  • Complete a survey
  • Come to a drop-in session
    Green Square Library, Anything Room – Tuesday 21 March, 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
    Juanita Nielsen Community Centre – Thursday 23 March, 10 am – 1 pm
    Redfern Community Centre – Wednesday 5 April, 3 pm – 6 pm
    Glebe Library lawn – Thursday 6 April, 10 am – 1 pm
  • Email of post your feedback
    give feedback by email to sydneyyoursay@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au or post to:
    Senior Project Manager
    City Engagement
    City of Sydney
    Town Hall House
    Level 7, 456 Kent Street
    Sydney NSW 2000
  • Talk to a City of Sydney officer

Leonie Hancock
SENIOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR
Phone: 02 9265 9333
Email: sydneyyoursay@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Consultation is open until 21 April 2023.

Feedback received from this consultation will be combined with information from technical reviews and evidence-based research. A draft strategy and action plan will be developed for public consultation later in 2023.

Published 21-March-2023