Planning experts say many buildings being constructed now won’t fare well in increasingly severe weather, warning the impact of heat and flooding on Melbourne will worsen without reforms to combat climate change carawaters
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Moore said 85 per cent of new dwellings were built to minimum requirements and the building sector resisted change.“The problem with the building industry is that it’s very much driven to be up around the lowest cost,” he said. “It’s around keeping on doing the things that they know how to do and any perception of change is threatening their business model.”
“At the moment we don’t have a clear and comprehensive picture of areas which are vulnerable to sea level rise,” she said. “It’s understanding the relationship between sea-level rise, riverine flooding and what that means for the drainage systems that operate across different local government areas.”
“That’s probably a really good example of where state leadership is really, really important,” she said. “Councils are best placed to make these decisions, in consultation with the relevant water authority – who can provide guidance around inundation patterns specific to their area,” the spokesperson said.
“In 2020 the City of Melbourne endorsed a planning scheme amendment to introduce best-practice, environmentally sustainable, design standards into our planning scheme, which raises the bar for environmentally sustainable design and green infrastructure within our planning scheme,” she said.
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