Regen Melbourne's vision for Doughnut-shaped infrastructure

What could Greater Melbourne look like in 2055 if Regen Melbourne and Infrastructure Victoria put our heads together? Our Director of Systems Lab Alison Whitten submits a formal response to Infrastructure Victoria's Draft 30-year Strategy.

Long-term planning is important – not because we can guarantee a plan will be relevant 30 years into the future, but because we need a future vision to guide us.

We were pleased to respond to 'Victoria's Draft 30-year Infrastructure Strategy 2025-2055'. We found broad alignment between Regen Melbourne's vision and Infrastructure Victoria's overall approach, but identified additional areas around urban governance and community participation.

Our submission focuses on three themes covering ten recommendations.

Holistic systems thinking

1. Prioritise recommendations based on holistic success measures like the City Portrait.

2. Map the relational nature of the strategy's objectives.

3. Provide examples of place-based adoption in different contexts.

4. Incorporate holistic cost-benefit analysis.

Alignment with Earthshots

1. Swimmable Birrarung: Consider river catchments as critical infrastructure.

2. 15-Minute Cornucopias: Include infrastructure for resilient food systems.

3. 300,000 Streets: Empower streets and neighbourhoods in infrastructure planning.

Collaboration opportunities

1. Joint pilots to test participatory governance models.

2. Joint research on systems thinking in infrastructure planning.

3. Joint exploration of place-based infrastructure delivery.

Read the full submission here.