1 / 8

Resilient Water Infrastructure

Resilient Water Infrastructure. Claire Mortimer Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. CSC Research findings. Councils asked for; ‘ More specific information on the effect of stormwater run-off from impervious surfaces’

tino
Download Presentation

Resilient Water Infrastructure

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Resilient Water Infrastructure Claire Mortimer Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research

  2. CSC Research findings Councils asked for; • ‘More specific information on the effect of stormwater run-off from impervious surfaces’ • ‘Whole-of-life costs and benefits for swales and stormwater collection ponds’

  3. C-CALM CATCHMENT CONTAMINANT ANNUAL LOADS MODEL Existing Research/tools • Body of research on impacts of stormwater run off (Landcare Research, NIWA) • CostNZ; compares relative life-time costs of various stormwater management devices • C-CALM; sub-catchment based stormwater treatment planning model

  4. Existing research cont. • Low Impact Urban Design and Development (LIUDD) • Working with natural systems and minimizing environmental impacts • Integral to broader urban planning • Social, institutional barriers and enablers to technology adoption

  5. Emerging LIUDD Research • Life Cycle Assessment:What are the lifetime costs of green roofs, walls & street trees? • Multiple Ecosystem Service BenefitsWhat are the full suite of benefits (e.g., water supply, public health, biodiversity, amenity values) delivered under various LIUDD options? • OptimisationWhat are the best device designs to achieve different benefits & outcomes? • Scaling up Cost benefits when we scale up? • MonitoringTo what extent is LIUDD cumulatively being taken up in NZ settlements

  6. Hard & soft research needed for new technologies Technical Quantifying impacts of problem Quantifying benefits of technology; Optimizing design for different benefits Policy Assessing relative life cycle costs of new v conventional technology Alignment to plans, regulations Social Community acceptance; social practices, identity Implementation Common construction mistakes Who maintains decentralized infrastructure? Capacity building of planners, engineers, construction companies LIUDD adoption

  7. Research principles for infrastructure • Integrate physical and social science – design performance and uptake • Research and Council staff working in teams • Resilience/adaptability as a design principle for 21st Century infrastructure • Frame infrastructure within broader dynamic urban system and pursue multiple benefits

  8. Links to research LIUDD some NZ research and tools • Website of 6 year LIUDD research programme www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/built/liudd/ • Website of LIUDD NZ case studies; their design, policy and implementation http://cs.synergine.com/ • CostNZ web based costing tool for comparing LIUDD stormwater devices with conventional options www.costnz.co.nz/index.aspx • C-CALM Sub catchment integrated stormwater treatment planning model. contact j.moores@niwa.co.nz • How to put nature into our neighborhoods. Urban greening Manual using LIUDD to improve biodiversity outcomes; Landcare Research Science Series No. 35 www.mwpress.co.nz •  Low Impact Urban Design and Development: the big picture; An introduction to the LIUDD principles and methods framework Marjorie van Roon and Henri van Roon. Landcare Research Science Series No. 37 www.mwpress.co.nz • Google link to papers on LIUDD policy and governance and barriers to adoption http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=Heslop+Dixon+LIUDD&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a Climate change social science The CSC report findings indicated councils were looking for ways to communicate science to their communities, the following report provides a New Zealand take on the current state of social and community social knowledge around climate change. • ‘Degrees of Possibility: Igniting Social Knowledge around Climate Change’, http://nzclimatechangecentre.org/sites/nzclimatechangecentre.org/files/images/research/Degrees%20of%20Possibility%20Workshop%20Report%20(NZCCC%20June%202011%20Low%20Res).pdf

More Related