Urban and landscape design

• Guideline

Designing for a cool city – Guidelines for passively irrigated landscapes

An introduction to passively irrigated landscapes Designing for a cool city is focused on increasing soil moisture and healthy vegetation to help reduce urban heat through evapotranspiration and shade. The diversion of stormwater into vegetated systems can improve the health…

Project

• TAP

Topics

• Amenity and urban greening
• Design and implementation
• Green infrastructure
• Urban heat island mitigation

Author

• CRCWSC

Location

• Australia

• Date Published: 7th Apr 2020

• Technical reports

Integrated Research Project 5 Stage 1 Report

Executive Summary The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ Integrated Research Project 5 (IRP5, Knowledge-based water sensitive city solutions for groundwater impacted developments) aims to better understand the impact of urban development in groundwater impacted environments. Project outputs will include guidelines…

Project

• IRP5

Topic

• Groundwater

Location

• Australia

• Date Published: 28th Oct 2019

• Case Study

Kunshan Ring Road Case Study

Project description The Kunshan Ring Road project was completed in 2017. The Ring Road is a major asset enabling the growth and development of Kunshan. It is approximately 44 km long, crossing many canals within Kunshan. The CRC for Water…

Project

• TAP

Topics

• Amenity and urban greening
• Ecosystem health
• Stormwater treatment
• Water sensitive parks and open spaces

Author

• CRCWSC

Location

• China

• Date Published: 3rd Oct 2019

• Research Synthesis

Ideas for a Water Sensitive Sydenham to Bankstown Urban Renewal Corridor

Summary The research synthesis project was led by the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) who, in conjunction with experienced researchers and practitioners from the government and industry, undertook an innovative and collaborative co-design process to promote water sensitive outcomes…

Topics

• Alternative water supplies
• Amenity and urban greening
• Design and implementation
• Flood resilience
• Governance and policy
• Green infrastructure
• Green roofs and walls
• Mitigating climate change impacts
• Rainwater and stormwater harvesting
• Regulation and legislation
• Stormwater treatment
• Urban heat island mitigation
• Urban Metabolism
• Urban planning (statutory, strategic, land use)
• Urban waterways
• Wastewater management and recycling
• Water sensitive homes and buildings
• Water sensitive parks and open spaces
• Water sensitive precincts
• Water sensitive streets and carparks
• Waterway naturalisation

Author

• CRCWSC

Location

• NSW

• Date Published: 30th Sep 2019

• Technical reports

Assessment of options to improve amenity and performance of the Roselea Boulevard Compensation Basin

The Roselea Boulevard Compensation Basin (RBCB) was developed together with surrounding public open space within the Roselea Residential Estate, situated in the City of Stirling, Western Australia. The RBCB is susceptible to algal blooms (Potamogeton cripsus), particularly in the summer…

Topics

• Design and implementation
• Groundwater
• Urban waterways

Authors

• Alex GUNN
• Carlos OCAMPO, Assist. Prof.
• Carolyn OLDHAM, Prof.

Locations

• WA
• Australia

• Date Published: 9th Jul 2019

• Technical reports

Infill Typologies Catalogue

Introduction This catalogue was prepared as a component of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) Integrated Research Project 4 (IRP4), exploring water sensitive outcomes for residential infill developments. Its purpose is to provide evidence-based design guidelines, developed…

Project

• IRP4

Topics

• Amenity and urban greening
• Design and implementation
• Urban heat island mitigation
• Urban planning (statutory, strategic, land use)
• Water sensitive precincts

Authors

• Geoffrey LONDON, Prof.
• Nigel BERTRAM, Prof.
• Oscar SAINSBURY
• Tatjana TODOROVIC, Dr.

Location

• Australia

• Date Published: 25th Mar 2020

• Case Study

One Central Park Green Walls

One Central Park is the largest green walls project in the Southern Hemisphere, irrigated with locally treated wastewater, rainwater, stormwater runoff and groundwater. It shows how nature can be integrated into urban development and densely populated areas. Plant selection and…

Project

• D1.4

Topics

• Amenity and urban greening
• Green roofs and walls

Author

• CRCWSC

Location

• NSW

• Date Published: 4th Jun 2019

• Case Study

Case Study: Dubbo Urban Heat Island Amelioration Project

Dubbo Urban Heat Island Amelioration Project Urban development, to cater for a growing urban population, replaces natural vegetated landscapes with roads and buildings. These impervious (hard) surfaces absorb heat but do not store water, leading to higher urban temperatures known…

Topics

• Design and implementation
• Green infrastructure
• Urban heat island mitigation
• Urban planning (statutory, strategic, land use)

Author

• CRCWSC

Locations

• NSW
• Australia

• Date Published: 29th Apr 2019

• Academic Publication

Analysing water sensitive urban design options

Abstract Planning for ‘water-sensitive’ infill development has become a priority for sustainable urban development in Australia. With city growth, infill development in vacant or under-used land parcels is becoming a dominant mode of development. However, the current ‘knock-down-rebuild’ approach to…

Project

• IRP4

Topics

• Design and implementation
• Green infrastructure
• Urban Metabolism
• Urban planning (statutory, strategic, land use)

Authors

• Steven KENWAY, Dr.
• Xuli MENG

Locations

• QLD
• Australia

• Date Published: 10th Jan 2019

• Research Synthesis

Ideas for Catalysing Flood Resilient Design

Ideas for Catalysing Flood Resilient Design This Ideas Report outlines concepts and initiatives identified by stakeholders at a workshop that spanned 12 and 19 March 2018. These ideas respond to the need for, and can catalyse the uptake of, flood…

Topics

• Flood resilience
• Governance and policy
• Regulation and legislation
• Urban planning (statutory, strategic, land use)

Author

• CRCWSC

Locations

• QLD
• Australia

• Date Published: 10th Apr 2019

• Research Synthesis

Ideas for Brabham

Ideas for Brabham This discussion paper compiles ideas generated at a workshop hosted by Peet, The Department of Communities and the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities on 13 and 14 June 2018. These ideas focus on the Brabham development project…

Topics

• Alternative water supplies
• Design and implementation
• Governance and policy
• Groundwater
• Monitoring and evaluation

Author

• CRCWSC

Location

• WA

• Date Published: 23rd Oct 2018

• Case Study

Adelaide Airport irrigation trial

SA Water and Adelaide Airport have been running a trial using stormwater to irrigate a 4ha site within the airport land to understand the potential benefits that maintaining appropriate vegetative cover and reducing surface and air temperatures can provide airport…

Project

• D1.4

Topics

• Urban heat island mitigation
• Water sensitive parks and open spaces

Author

• CRCWSC

Location

• SA

• Date Published: 9th Oct 2018

• Case Study

Sydney water bank naturalisation

The $4.9 million naturalisation of 1.1km of riverbank along the Cooks River in Sydney involved demolishing and replacing steep, deteriorated concrete panels from the 1930s and 1940s with more gently sloped river banks, stabilised with sandstone and more than 80,000…

Project

• D1.4

Topics

• Ecosystem health
• Waterway naturalisation

Author

• CRCWSC

Locations

• NSW
• Australia

• Date Published: 9th Oct 2018

• Case Study

Dobsons Creek stormwater disconnection project

Dobsons Creek has the highest ecological value of any waterway within the Knox City Council area, and is one of the highest value waterways in the wider Dandenong Creek catchment. In 2010, Melbourne Water and Knox City Council initiated a…

Project

• D1.4

Topics

• Ecosystem health
• Governance and policy

Author

• CRCWSC

Locations

• VIC
• Australia

• Date Published: 9th Oct 2018

• Case Study

Forest Park ecological wetland

Built in 2001, the Kunshan Forest Park is a National Urban Wetland Park covering an area of 166 hectares in the northwest of Kunshan city in Jiangsu province, China. The Forest Park boasts an array of eco-tourism resources and is…

Project

• D1.4

Topics

• Ecosystem health
• Flood resilience
• Stormwater treatment
• Water sensitive parks and open spaces

Author

• CRCWSC

Location

• China

• Date Published: 9th Oct 2018

• Case Study

Currumbin Ecovillage wastewater management

The Currumbin Ecovillage is a 147 lot development over 270 acres of land in the Gold Coast Hinterland. The development contains community title blocks which range from 400 to 1400m2. A sewerage treatment plant located within the development accepts and…

Project

• D1.4

Topics

• Alternative water supplies
• Wastewater management and recycling
• Water literacy and behaviour change
• Water sensitive precincts

Author

• CRCWSC

Locations

• QLD
• Australia

• Date Published: 9th Oct 2018

• Case Study

Currumbin Ecovillage rainwater harvesting

The Currumbin Ecovillage is a 147 lot development over 270 acres of land in the Gold Coast Hinterland. The development contains community title blocks which range from 400 to 1400m2. All of the water supplied to the houses in the…

Project

• D1.4

Topics

• Alternative water supplies
• Rainwater and stormwater harvesting
• Water literacy and behaviour change
• Water sensitive homes and buildings
• Water sensitive precincts

Author

• CRCWSC

Locations

• QLD
• Australia

• Date Published: 9th Oct 2018

• Case Study

Expansion of stormwater quality requirements in the City of Moonee Valley local planning scheme

The City of Moonee Valley, a local government municipality in Melbourne, Victoria, made an amendment (C108) that introduces a new Local Planning Policy, ‘Stormwater Management (Water Sensitive Urban Design)’ to Clause 22.03 of the Moonee Valley Planning Scheme. At the…

Project

• D1.4

Topics

• Governance and policy
• Leadership and influence
• Water sensitive homes and buildings

Author

• CRCWSC

Locations

• VIC
• Australia

• Date Published: 9th Oct 2018

• Case Study

Waterproofing the west

Region-wide system that harvests, treats and stores stormwater and distributes harvested water through western Adelaide, sustaining a growing economy and enhancing the natural environment. The project will result in sound water management and will treat and inject up to 2,400ML…

Project

• D1.4

Topics

• Managed aquifer recharge
• Rainwater and stormwater harvesting
• Stormwater treatment

Author

• CRCWSC

Locations

• SA
• Australia

• Date Published: 9th Oct 2018

• Case Study

Greening the pipeline – Williams Landing pilot park

Greening the Pipeline is the transformation of a heritage listed Main Outfall Sewer reserve into a 27km linear park in Melbourne’s west. The project is delivered through organisational partnerships (Melbourne Water, Wyndham City Council, City West Water, VicRoads), community engagement,…

Project

• D1.4

Topics

• Amenity and urban greening
• Water literacy and behaviour change
• Water sensitive parks and open spaces

Author

• CRCWSC

Locations

• VIC
• Australia

• Date Published: 9th Oct 2018