Developing a water infrastructure planning framework for the complex modern planning environment

Furlong, Casey; Silva, Saman De; Guthrie, Lachlan; Considine, Robert F.

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2015.11.002

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“…Two recent projects make an advancement to this, including the EU-funded 'ENMAR' research [21], and the case of Melbourne in Australia [55][56][57]. Additionally, guidelines for aspects of IUWM and sustainable water management have been developed [58][59][60], yet a detailed, holistic and comprehensive analysis of the full potential of spatial planning is lacking.…”

Section: Urban Water Supply Management and Its Development Over Timementioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Urban Water Management under a Changing Climate: The Role of Spatial Planning

Hurlimann

Wilson

2018

Water

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Abstract:The provision of a sustainable supply of water is an increasingly difficult task to achieve in many urban environments. This arises because of pressures related to population growth and increased per capita demand for water. Additionally, climate change is impacting the natural cycle of water in many locations, with a significant impact projected for the future. Many scholars advocate 'sustainable urban water management' (SUWM) as an approach that can address the root causes of these challenges. Yet the implementation of SUWM and adaptation to climate change in the urban water sector remains limited. This paper argues that spatial planning provides tools and processes that can facilitate the full implementation of SUWM goals, and adaptation to climate change. The potential of spatial planning to achieve SUWM, including sustainable urban water supply management through both supply and demand end initiatives, in light of climate change, is discussed. A framework is developed to consider a broad range of spatial planning interventions that can facilitate adaptation to climate change and SUWM concurrently. The paper provides information and tools to assist water planners achieve SUWM and a well-adapted water sector and urban environment, in an integrated, holistic and comprehensive manner, to meet future water supply needs. Achieving these goals will need collaborative activities across multiple built environment disciplines. Future research activities to advance these goals are outlined.

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Section: Urban Water Supply Management and Its Development Over Timementioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Urban Water Management under a Changing Climate: The Role of Spatial Planning

Hurlimann

Wilson

2018

Water

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“…Water management options have typically been categorized as either supply management or demand management [61]. The former is focused on enlarging the amount of resources available, while the second focuses on reducing the amount of needed for consumptive purposes [62]. Historically, civil and water engineers have focused on large-scale supply augmentation infrastructure projects, while economists and environmentalists have tended to advocate for efficiency improvements and conservation-oriented policies typically associated with water demand management [63].…”

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“…Natural resource governance and management are "wicked" problems consisting of multidimensional interests and competing values among stakeholders and actors at multiple levels [1]. Traditional approaches based on simple, linear growth optimisation strategies overseen by command/control and sectorial governance have failed to account for the inherent unpredictability and irreducible uncertainty of dynamically complex systems [2,3,4]. That is, balancing complex and conflicting water demands among different interests is a difficult task [5,6,7,8].…”

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Water Management and Irrigation Governance in the Anthropocene: Moving from Physical Solutions to Social Involvement

Ricart

2018

JGEESI

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The rising water turbulence in the Anthropocene changes the water research and policy agenda, from a water-resource efficiency to a water resilience focus. Irrigation systems, as examples of complex social-ecological systems, deal with both the uncertainty of ecosystem dynamics and the interdependencies resulting from human needs. The water-agriculture nexus is context-dependent, socially constructed and technically uncertain, and it should be analysed as a hydrosocial cycle, which likewise takes into account the inseparability of social and physical aspects of water systems. Water management options have typically been categorized as either supply management or demand management, and even though physical solutions continue to dominate traditional planning approaches, these solutions are facing increasing social opposition. Focused on the Anthropocene dynamics, how to ensure stakeholders' involvement? The value of stakeholder participation is to reduce the rigid influence of the technocratic state by devolving greater decision-making power to users directly invested in, and knowledgeable of, the management of natural resources. This paper aims to review key questions about water governance in order to promote the transition from being problem-oriented to proactive and forward-thinking management tools by ensuring social learning.

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“…This began with upgrading sewage treatment plants, and in some locations constructed wetlands and biofiltration devices aimed to treat and retain urban stormwater [18]. From the 1990s many countries' water utilities have emphasised water security as populations have continued to increase but the total capacity of dams and rivers has largely either remained the same, or reduced due to climate change and pollution [19]. Water utilities have thus looked towards alternative water supply options such as desalination and wastewater and stormwater reuse [20].…”

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Scoping the Potential Role of the Water Sector in Urban Greening and Cooling: A Case Study of Melbourne

Furlong

Phelan

Dodson

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WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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Climate change, urban densification and loss of green space are making cities hotter and less pleasant places in which to live. In some developed countries, heat waves now cause more deaths than any other natural disaster, and lack of green space is linked to decreased mental and physical health. Increasing green space, tree canopy cover, water bodies and irrigation can significantly cool urban environments, and positively influence physical and mental health, as well as biodiversity. Across the world, urban greening and cooling are primarily considered to be the functions of local government (municipalities). However, we hypothesise that the urban water sector (water utilities and waterway managers) has an existing role in urban greening which has significant potential to expand. This study makes use of a wide-ranging industry consultation process with 37 experts from 14 organisations within Melbourne, to (a) understand the current urban greening situation, (b) identify the gaps in current system, (c) investigate the current contribution of the water sector towards greening, and (d) scope out the potential for a larger role. Preliminary findings show that Melbourne's water sector is, in a number of ways, actively pursuing urban greening and cooling outcomes, and that more can be achieved when they work collaboratively with local government actions, rather than acting independently. The major areas through which Melbourne's water sector can further impact greening and cooling are found to be: (1) assisting in large scale planning of greening/cooling initiatives, in coordination with stormwater management and conservation of waterways; (2) statutory powers and informal guidance to influence new developments; (3) finance raising and financial evaluation capabilities to provide and justify funding; (4) credibility and social license to support municipalities in lobbying state government and other stakeholders; and (5) additional water for irrigation through alternative water source projects.

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Developing a water infrastructure planning framework for the complex modern planning environment

Cited by 60 publications

References 21 publications

Sustainable Urban Water Management under a Changing Climate: The Role of Spatial Planning

Sustainable Urban Water Management under a Changing Climate: The Role of Spatial Planning

Water Management and Irrigation Governance in the Anthropocene: Moving from Physical Solutions to Social Involvement

Scoping the Potential Role of the Water Sector in Urban Greening and Cooling: A Case Study of Melbourne

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