Project

Overview Most major cities in Australia expect significant infill development over the coming decades. Without significant intervention, 'business as usual' is expected to have considerable influence on the hydrology, resources efficiency, liveability and amenity of our cities. This project aims…

Overview Achieving water sensitive city aspirations for liveability, resilience, sustainability and productivity requires greater integration between urban planning and water planning processes. This project seeks to advance water sensitive outcomes by guiding urban growth and renewal at a range of…

Overview The Tools and Products (TAP) program aims to enable industry adoption and utilisation of key intellectual property outputs from CRCWSC research, to support mainstreaming of water sensitive technologies and practises. Building on the research outputs and tools developed in…

Overview This project aims to better understand how to manage urban development in high groundwater impacted environments (that is, where the water table is within 4 m of the natural ground surface). Stage 1 was a scoping study to evaluate…

Overview IRP2 has developed an economic evaluation framework and associated tools to identify and quantify economic, environmental and community values of investments in water sensitive practices and systems. It can be applied to business case development and decision making at…

Overview This project aimed to deliver a suite of methods and tools for developing strategic guidance to cities and towns wanting to accelerate and build momentum for the transition towards their envisioned water sensitive future. The project developed water sensitive…

Overview Nearly four years into the life of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, a considerable knowledge base has been established that will support the development of tools, products and processes to enable transitions toward water sensitive cities. This project…

Overview Demonstrating the level of influence, adoption and impact of research and engagement activities by the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) has on changing current practice is key to securing long-term support and investment for these activities. The purpose…

Overview Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) is commonly implemented at a precinct-scale. This enables an integrated approach and the application of an appropriate mix of design and technologies for a spatially-relevant, climate-resilient, and resource-sensitive outcome where local water capture, storage,…

Overview The ambition of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) is to play a critical and catalytic role in reshaping how urban design and urban water are viewed and managed with respect to one another. This is necessarily a…

Overview Relationships that facilitate dialogue and discussion between researchers and policy makers, referred to as “science-policy partnerships”, are a key adoption pathway that specifically targets the integration of research outcomes into policy-making processes to influence the transition toward water sensitive…

Overview This project will build on the activities and achievements of the project "Integration and demonstration through urban design" (Project D1.1), that resulted in the development and delivery of the Water Sensitive Cities Modelling Toolkit (Version 2 beta). The purpose…

Overview Recent urban floods have highlighted the need for integrating the planning of urban water systems with other aspects, notably spatial urban planning processes. A number of worldwide studies have found that water in an urban context needs to be…

Overview Generating learning opportunities through demonstration projects and case studies will deliver tangible and practical outcomes for CRCWSC participants. Through focused, well-designed demonstrations of on-ground technologies and non-structural innovations (i.e. new guidance or strategic planning), Project D1.4 will deliver an…

Overview In recent years the prolonged drought in Australia has been interrupted by heavy rainfall causing flooding in many urban and rural areas. Rules for responding and adapting to changing flood and drought risks, in an integrated fashion, are still…

Overview The project focused on knowledge sharing between researchers and industry partners through the development and application of the Water Sensitive Cities Modelling Toolkit. The Toolkit provides a platform for the synthesis of green infrastructure and stormwater management research from…

Overview Most developments must go through statutory planning processes, including approval of structure plans, zoning, development permits and planning appeals. The likelihood of wide-scale adoption of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) could be vastly enhanced if WSUD principles are embedded…

Overview This project develops capacity in the CRCWSC to better influence opinion formation and policy making to facilitate progress towards water sensitive cities. Specifically this project aims to: Understand attitudes and behaviour of senior decision makers (politicians, bureaucrats, water authority…

Overview A crucial barrier to advancing water sensitive cities to date has been the existing regulatory arrangements. The need for an improved regulatory framework has been widely accepted but understanding complex existing frameworks as well as how best to reform…

Overview Wastewater treatment currently uses significant amounts of energy to remove valuable nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. These same nutrients are major components of agricultural fertilisers critical for plant growth and replenishment of depleted soils, which are industrially…