A Framework to Guide Transitions to Water Sensitive Cities

Rebekah Brown, Briony Cathryn Rogers, Lara Werbeloff

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Abstract

This chapter explores the transition challenges and opportunities facing urban water sectors globally, as pressures from urbanisation, climate change and ecological degradation drive new approaches to urban water management. Framed around the vision of a future Water Sensitive City and drawing on empirical evidence from a case study of storm-water quality management in Melbourne, Australia, this chapter presents a framework for benchmarking a city’s progress in its urban water transition. It provides a nuanced understanding of how these complex change processes unfold and identifies the enabling conditions that can be used to help steer change in urban water systems towards the envisioned water sensitive city.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherSpringer
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9789811047923
ISBN (Print)9789811047916
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameTheory and Practice of Urban Sustainability Transitions
PublisherSpringer Nature
ISSN (Print)2199-5508
ISSN (Electronic)2199-5516

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