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Transitioning into a Water Sensitive City
Speaker Series31 March 2017
With SME partners:
Story about something that seemed like a
good idea then went horribly wrong…
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Welcome
• What is the CRC?
• Water Sensitive Cities in Perth
• Nature of transitions
• Using an Index
• Other transition tools
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Our Vision Cities and towns of the future will be sustainable, productive, resilient and liveable
Why we exist
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The CRC exists to help change the way we build our cities by valuing the contribution water makes to economic growth and development, our quality of life and to the ecosystems of which cities are a part.
Participant Collaboration
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By sector
WA Regional Advisory Panel
• Department of Water
• Department of Housing
• Department of Planning
• Water Corporation
• Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority
• LandCorp
• Swan River Trust
• City of Armadale
• City of Subiaco
• City of Nedlands
• Department of Regional Development
• Essential Environmental
• Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council
• University of Western Australia
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CRC WSC Strategic Purpose
Water SensitiveCity
Water CycleCity
Waterway City
Drained City
SeweredCity
Water SupplyCity
The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities will:
• Develop the knowledge
• Synthesise the knowledge and develop the tools to meet industry needs
• Influence key players who shape and manage our cities
Water Sensitive Greater Perth
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Turning theory into reality…
Towards water sensitive cities
Current System
Water Sensitive City
Bringing stakeholders together to develop
strategic alignment for deliberately steering
WSC transitions
DEVELOPING SHARED VISIONS AND STRATEGIES
Briony Rogers
on-ground practices
• Benchmarking current city status
• Setting targets and tracking progress
• Modeling and prioritising management actions
• Fostering industry collaboration
Water Sensitive Cities Index
Benchmarking performance
Tracking progress
Prioritising actions
Fostering collaboration
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More tools to support transition…
Tranche 1 Research
Envisioning and transition planning methodology (A4.2)
WSC Index (D6.2)
Community engagement strategies (A2)
Tranche 2 Research (IRP1)
Framework for developing transition
strategies
Refined methodologies and tools
Knowledge on transition dynamics
Transitions Platform
Transition Dynamics Framework (A4.1)
City transition strategies
TAP Legacy
Forums to build
relationships
Tranche 2 Influence
Case studies
• Mix of scales and contexts• Opportunity for impact• Readiness of stakeholders• Willingness to contribute to research
Transitions Platform
• Purpose is to support the development of transitions guidance for
cities and provide a global knowledge hub for city-to-city learning
• Web-based software to make knowledge, methodologies and tools
accessible and tailored for industry application
• Comprised of three overarching tools, with interactive visualisation
and reporting functionality
WSC Index WSC MonitoringWSC Management
Actions
Tool to benchmark
and diagnose
water sensitive
performance
Tool to set targets,
develop
implementation plans,
monitor and evaluate
management actions
Database and tool to
prioritise and design
management actions
Water Sensitive Cities Transitions Platform