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Overview of CRC Society Program Professor Rebekah Brown 22-08-2013

Overview of CRC Society Program Professor Rebekah Brown 22-08-2013. Urban Water Transitions: Past, Present & Future?. Water supply access & security. Public health protection. Flood protection. Social amenity, environmental protection. Limits on natural resources.

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Overview of CRC Society Program Professor Rebekah Brown 22-08-2013

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  1. Overview of CRC Society Program Professor Rebekah Brown 22-08-2013

  2. Urban Water Transitions: Past, Present & Future? Water supply access & security Public health protection Flood protection Social amenity, environmental protection Limits on natural resources Intergenerational equity, resilience to climate change Adaptive, multi-functional infrastructure & urban design reinforcing water sensitive values & behaviours Diverse, fit-for-purpose sources & conservation, promoting waterway protection Point & diffuse source pollution management Separate sewerage schemes Supply hydraulics Drainage, channelisation Cumulative Socio-Political Drivers Water Sensitive City Water Cycle City Waterways City Drained City Sewered City Water Supply City Service Delivery Functions

  3. The ‘Lock-in’ Challenge Research findings from over 50 international projects (2008-2011) Australian urban water professionals’ practice-based insights (2010-2012) • 1. Economic Modelling & Analysis • 2. Societal Innovation & Behaviour Change • 3. Governance, Policy & Regulatory Reform • 4. Socio-Technical Transitions lack of a common vision institutional fragmentation undefined organisational responsibilities limited political incentives and disincentives poor organisational commitment technological path dependency poor community capacity to meaningfully participate, and lack of experience with facilitating integrated processes • Inadequate leaderships, regulations, rules, management systems and capability • The diversity of community culture, water literacy, behaviours and values and its disconnection to urban water systems • Disconnection between water services infrastructure and the desired aesthetic and ecological functioning of urban infrastructure • Existing technologies and design practices limited in their capacity to improve resilience with regard to change (climate, behaviour, economic etc.)

  4. Program A - Society Prof David Pannell (UWA) Dr Kelly Fielding (UQ) Prof Brian Head (UQ) Prof Rebekah Brown (Monash)

  5. A4.1 Community Landscape PerceptionsDr Meredith Dobbie Understanding community landscape perceptions to guide design and implementation strategies of green infrastructure in urban streetscapes • Aim: To understand perception of streetscapes with and without raingardens through lens of sense of place (= place attachment, identity and dependence) • Unit of study: street block • Sites: Four locations in Melbourne, within 10 km and beyond 20 km of CBD

  6. The water sensitive city will look different . Its sustainability will depend on favourable perceptions of its communities. Understanding those perceptions can guide design and implementation strategies.

  7. A4.2 Mapping Water Sensitive ScenariosDr Briony Ferguson (July 2014 – June 2017) Purpose: Develop and test deliberative scenario-making and participatory envisioning processes

  8. A4.2 Expected Outcomes

  9. A4.3 Community Landscape PerceptionsProfessor Ana Deletic This project aims to develop a modelling tool (DAnCE4Water) that can examine possible urban water management scenarios for building and renewing Australian cities and towns • Prototype developed – much more work to be done • Enables the evolution of many urban water systems to explore the implication of adaptation strategies

  10. A4.3 Community Landscape PerceptionsProfessor Ana Deletic What is it? A computational tool to support strategic planning processes Who and What is it for? Help strategists, planners and decisions makers to understand the implications of possible infrastructure solutions through testing different scenarios Why is it different? Takes a dynamics approach; and integrates urban land development and societal change patterns with changes in the urban water infrastructure system

  11. A4: Socio-Technical Transitions: Linkages Prof Rebekah Brown (Monash) • A4: Socio-Technical Transitions • A4.1 – (formerly P6) – Society and Institutions: Cities as Water Supply Catchments • A4.2 – Mapping Water Sensitive Scenarios • A4.3 - Socio-technical modelling tools to examine urban water management scenarios Projects: C1, C3, C4, B2, A2, • A4: Socio-Technical Transitions • A4: Socio-Technical Transitions Projects: A1, A2, A3, Programs C, B and D Projects: A1, Program C, B and D Sub-project leaders: Dr Meredith Dobbie Dr Briony Ferguson; Prof Ana Deletic (Monash);

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