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

Overview of CRC Society ProgramProfessor Rebekah Brown22-08-2013

Water Sensitive City

Water Cycle City

Waterways City

Drained City

Sewered City

Cumulative Socio-Political Drivers

Service Delivery Functions

Water Supply City

Point & diffuse source

pollution management

Social amenity, environmental

protection

Diverse, fit-for-purpose sources & conservation,

promoting waterway protection

Limits on natural

resources

Adaptive, multi-functional

infrastructure & urban design

reinforcing water sensitive values & behaviours

Intergenerational equity, resilience

to climate change

Supply hydraulics

Water supply access & security

Drainage, channelisation

Flood protection

Separate sewerage schemes

Public health protection

Urban Water Transitions: Past, Present & Future?

The ‘Lock-in’ Challenge

1. lack of a common vision2. institutional fragmentation3. undefined organisational

responsibilities4. limited political incentives and

disincentives5. poor organisational commitment6. technological path dependency7. poor community capacity to

meaningfully participate, and8. lack of experience with facilitating

integrated processes

Research findings from over 50 international projects (2008-2011)

Australian urban water professionals’ practice-based insights (2010-2012)

1. Inadequate leaderships, regulations, rules, management systems and capability

2. The diversity of community culture, water literacy, behaviours and values and its disconnection to urban water systems

3. Disconnection between water services infrastructure and the desired aesthetic and ecological functioning of urban infrastructure

4. Existing technologies and design practices limited in their capacity to improve resilience with regard to change (climate, behaviour, economic etc.)

1. Economic Modelling & Analysis

2. Societal Innovation & Behaviour C

hange

3. Governance, Policy & Regulatory Reform

4. Socio-Technical Transitions

A1: Economic Modelling and

Analysis • A1.1 – (formerly P7)

Economics: Cities as Water Supply Catchments

• A1.2 – Valuation of Economic, Social and Ecological Costs and Benefits

• A1.3 – Economic Incentives and Instruments

A2: Societal Innovation &

Behaviour Change

• A2.1:Understanding Social Processes to Achieve Water Sensitive Futures

• A2.2 – Accelerating Transitions to Water Sensitive Cities by Influencing Behaviour

• A2.3 –Engaging communities with Water Sensitive Cities

A3: Governance, Policy & Regulatory

Reform

• A3.1 – Better governance for complex decision-making

• A3.2 – Better regulatory frameworks for water sensitive cities

• A3.3 – Strategies for influencing the political dynamics of decision-making

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

Program A - Society Prof David Pannell

(UWA)Dr Kelly Fielding

(UQ)Prof Brian Head

(UQ)Prof Rebekah Brown

(Monash)

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

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.

A4.2 Mapping Water Sensitive ScenariosDr Briony Ferguson (July 2014 – June 2017)

Purpose: Develop and test deliberative scenario-making and participatory envisioning processes

A4.2 Expected Outcomes

• City-specific scenarios of visions and robust strategies for Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth’s transition to a Water Sensitive City

WSC Scenarios

• Step-by-step guidance for developing transition scenarios and integrating participatory processes into formal strategic planning initiatives

Process Manual

• Participatory forum for considering the synergies of each CRC program’s activities within scenarios of future water sensitive cities

Participatory Forum

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

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

A4: Socio-Technical Transitions

A4: Socio-Technical Transitions: Linkages

A4: Socio-Technical TransitionsA4: Socio-Technical Transitions

Projects: C1, C3, C4, B2, A2,

Dr Meredith DobbieDr Briony Ferguson; Prof Ana Deletic (Monash);

Sub-project leaders:

Prof Rebekah Brown (Monash)

• 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: A1, A2, A3, Programs C, B and D

Projects: A1, Program C, B and D