Megan Farrelly

Just transition management: Balancing just outcomes with just processes in Australian renewable energy transitions.

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 09-2018

DOI: 10.1016/J.APENERGY.2018.05.025

Building effective Planning Support Systems for green urban water infrastructure—Practitioners’ perceptions

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 11-2018

DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVSCI.2018.06.011

Delivering sustainable urban water management: A review of the hurdles we face

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Date: 03-2009

DOI: 10.2166/WST.2009.028

Abstract: Sustainable urban water management (SUWM) requires an integrated, adaptive, coordinated and participatory approach. Current urban water policies are beginning to reflect this understanding yet the rhetoric is often not translated to implementation. Despite the ‘new’ philosophy, urban water management remains a complex and fragmented area relying on traditional, technical, linear management approaches. Despite widespread acknowledgement of the barriers to change, there has been little systematic review of what constitutes the scope of such barriers and how these should be addressed to advance SUWM. To better understand why implementation fails to occur beyond ad hoc project interventions, an extensive literature review of observed and studied barriers was conducted. Drawing on local, national and international literature from the field of integrated urban water management and other similar fields, 53 studies were assessed, resulting in a typology of 12 barrier types. The analysis revealed the barriers are largely socio-institutional rather than technical, reflecting issues related to community, resources, responsibility, knowledge, vision, commitment and coordination. Furthermore, the meta-analysis demonstrated a paucity of targeted strategies for overcoming the stated institutional barriers. Evaluation of the typology in relation to capacity building suggests that these systemic issues require a sophisticated programme of change that focuses on fostering social capital, inter-sectoral professional development, and inter-organisational coordination.

Biofilters for urban agriculture: Metal uptake of vegetables irrigated with stormwater

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 10-2018

DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLENG.2018.07.033

Challenges ahead: Social and institutional factors influencing sustainable urban stormwater management in Australia

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Date: 02-2009

DOI: 10.2166/WST.2009.022

Abstract: In a time of climate uncertainty and drought in Australia, improved urban stormwater quality management practices are required not only for protecting waterway health, but also as a fit-for-purpose supply source. To conceive of urban stormwater as an environmental threat as well as a water supply source requires a substantial shift in our traditional linear supply and wastewater structures towards more hybrid and complex infrastructure systems. To understand what drives and limits treatment technology adoption for stormwater management, over 800 urban water professionals in three Australian capital cities completed an online questionnaire survey in November 2006. Using the conceptual framework of receptivity assessment, the results revealed the professional community to be highly associated with the importance of improving stormwater quality for receiving waterway health, yet they do not consider that politicians share this perspective by placing a substantially lower level of importance on stormwater quality management. Significant acquisition barriers within each city, including institutional arrangements, costs, responsibilities, and regulations and approvals processes were all identified as constraining more sustainable practices. Capacity building programs, fostering greater socio-political capital and developing key demonstration projects with training events are recommended as useful policy interventions for addressing current institutional impediments.

Actors working the institutions in sustainability transitions: The case of Melbourne's stormwater management

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 08-2013

DOI: 10.1016/J.GLOENVCHA.2013.02.013

Sustainable business models in ‘lighthouse’ small to medium enterprises

Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Date: 19-10-2023

DOI: 10.1017/JMO.2023.53

Fit-for-purpose governance: A framework to make adaptive governance operational

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 10-2012

DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVSCI.2012.06.010

Exploring sustainable urban water governance: A case study of institutional capacity

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Date: 05-2009

DOI: 10.2166/WST.2009.190

Abstract: The sustainable urban water management system is likely to be characterised by complex and flexible governance arrangements, increased inter-organisational interaction and wide stakeholder participation, which contrasts significantly with the traditional approach. Recently there has been significant financial investment in urban water reform, however the reforms have not been as successful as anticipated and numerous institutional barriers remain. Understanding and assessing institutional capacity is central to addressing institutional impediments. Institutional capacity comprises in idual, intra- and inter-organisational and external rules and incentives capacities. This paper reports on the first case study of a social research project that aims to develop an institutional capacity assessment framework. Empirical data from semi-structured interviews with 59 water industry experts in Sydney, Australia, and a broad literature survey were used. The key capacity attributes identified could form the basis of an institutional capacity assessment tool and reveal common and differing attributes across stakeholder groups which provide insight into stakeholder relations. Synthesis of the results revealed that intra- and inter-organisational capacities were facing particular challenges and should be explicitly addressed in reform, policy and capacity development initiatives.

Learning through evaluation – A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 12-2017

DOI: 10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2016.09.005

Jumping to the top: catalysts for leapfrogging to a water sensitive city

Publisher: IOP Publishing

Date: 17-10-2018

DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/179/1/012034

Broadening Experimentation through Research-Industry Collaboratives in the Australian Water Sector

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Date: 2018

DOI: 10.1017/9781108277679.008

Political and Professional Agency Entrapment: An Agenda for Urban Water Research

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 29-07-2011

DOI: 10.1007/S11269-011-9886-Y

Enabling sustainable urban water management through governance experimentation

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Date: 04-2013

DOI: 10.2166/WST.2013.031

Abstract: A shift towards sustainable urban water management is widely advocated but poorly understood. There is a growing body of literature claiming that social learning is of high importance in restructuring conventional systems. In particular, governance experimentation, which explicitly aims for social learning, has been suggested as an approach for enabling the translation of sustainability ideas into practice. This type of experimentation requires a very different dynamic within societal relations and necessitates a changed role for professionals engaged in such a process. This empirically focused paper investigates a contemporary governance experiment, the Cooks River Sustainability Initiative, and determines its outcome in terms of enabling social learning for attaining sustainable water practice in an urban catchment. Drawing on the qualitative insights of the actors directly involved in this novel process, this paper provides evidence of changes in in idual and collective understanding generated through erse forms of social interaction. Furthermore, the research reveals perceived key-factors that foster and/or h er the execution of this new form of experimentation, including project complexity, resource intensity and leadership. Overall, this paper highlights that, while implementation of governance experimentation in a conventional setting can be highly challenging, it can also be highly rewarding in terms of learning.

A design framework for creating social learning situations

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 04-2013

DOI: 10.1016/J.GLOENVCHA.2012.12.003

People, Politics, and Place

Publisher: Routledge

Date: 12-12-2022

DOI: 10.4324/9781003183020-22

Regionalisation of environmental management: A case study of the natural heritage trust, South Australia

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 12-2005

DOI: 10.1111/J.1745-5871.2005.00342.X

Using social-network research to improve outcomes in natural resource management

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 29-08-2018

DOI: 10.1111/COBI.13127

Abstract: The conservation and management of natural resources operates in social-ecological systems in which resource users are embedded in social and environmental contexts that influence their management decisions. Characterizing social networks of resource users can be used to inform understanding of social influences on decision making, and social network analysis (SNA) has emerged as a useful technique to explore these relationships. We synthesized how SNA has been used in 85 studies of natural resource management. We considered how social networks and social processes (e.g., interactions between in iduals) influence each other and in turn influence social outcomes (e.g., decisions or actions) that affect environmental outcomes (e.g., improved condition). Descriptive methods were used in 58% of the studies to characterize social processes, and 42% of the studies compared multiple networks or multiple points in time to assess social or environmental outcomes. In 4 studies, authors assessed network interventions intended to affect social processes or environmental outcomes. The heterogeneity in case studies, methods, and analyses preclude general lessons. Thus, to structure and further learning about the role of social networks in achieving environmental outcomes, we created a typology that deconstructs social processes, social outcomes, and environmental outcomes into themes and options of social and ecological measures within each. We suggest shifts in research foci toward intervention studies to aid in understanding causality and inform the design of conservation initiatives. There is a need to develop clearer justification and guidance around the proliferation of network measures. The use of SNA in natural resource management is expanding rapidly thus, now is the time for the conservation community to build a more rigorous evidence base to demonstrate the extent to which social networks can play a role in achieving desired social and environmental outcomes.

Towards understanding governance for sustainable urban water management

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 08-2011

DOI: 10.1016/J.GLOENVCHA.2011.04.003

Evolution of water governance in Bangladesh: An urban perspective

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 09-2018

DOI: 10.1016/J.WORLDDEV.2018.05.003

Configuring transformative governance to enhance resilient urban water systems

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2013

DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVSCI.2012.09.012

Building networks and coalitions to promote transformational change: Insights from an Australian urban water planning case study

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 06-2015

DOI: 10.1016/J.EIST.2014.10.002

Capacity attributes of future urban water management regimes: Projections from Australian sustainability practitioners

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Date: 05-2010

DOI: 10.2166/WST.2010.154

Abstract: Transitioning to more sustainable urban water management is widely accepted as an essential societal objective. While there has been significant progress in developing technical solutions to the challenges faced, numerous barriers remain at the regime level, indicating that further investigation into the regime is required. This paper reports on a social research project aimed at identifying capacity attributes of a more sustainable urban water management regime. Attributes were identified for the administrative and regulatory framework, inter- and intra-organisational and in idual regime spheres. Over 125 urban water practitioners specialising in sustainability in Sydney and Melbourne were interviewed to identify the attributes of a more sustainable regime. The attributes reveal that a sustainable urban water management regime emphasises learning, erse policy tools and institutional arrangements, together with interaction among stakeholders and professional disciplines. The interaction is characterised by respect, trust and mutual understanding. The sustainable regime attributes are compared to the traditional regime and reveal that while progress has been made towards a sustainable regime, additional improvement is required. Attributes identified across multiple regime spheres indicate potential focus areas for capacity building programs or reform efforts to more effectively enable regime change towards sustainable urban water management.

Risk governance in the water sensitive city: Practitioner perspectives on ownership, management and trust

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2016

DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVSCI.2015.10.008

Rethinking urban water management: Experimentation as a way forward?

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 05-2011

DOI: 10.1016/J.GLOENVCHA.2011.01.007

Integrated, regional, natural resource and environmental planning and the Natural Heritage Trust Phase 2: A case study of the Northern Agricultural Catchments Council, Western Australia

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 11-2007

DOI: 10.1080/00049180701639307

Practitioner perceptions of social and institutional barriers to advancing a diverse water source approach in Australia

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 22-01-2009

DOI: 10.1080/07900620802586090

Making the implicit, explicit: Time for renegotiating the urban water supply hydrosocial contract?

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 18-06-2014

DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2013.793729

Monash University

Location: Australia

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University Of Western Australia

Location: Australia

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Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210100572

Start Date: 04-2021

End Date: 12-2024

Amount: $335,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210100571

Start Date: 12-2021

End Date: 12-2025

Amount: $492,587.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP200100296

Start Date: 09-2021

End Date: 08-2025

Amount: $1,023,008.00

Funder: Australian Research Council