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    Nationa Urban Water Governance Program   Monash University

Papers and Publications

Industry Reports

  • Taylor, A.C. (2008). Leadership in Sustainable Urban Water Management: An Investigation of the Champion Phenomenon within Australian Water Agencies. Report No. 08/01, National Urban Water Governance Program, Monash University, August 2008, ISBN: 978-0-9804298-5-5. PDF (2.8MB)
  • Brown, R.R. and Farrelly, M.A. (2007) Advancing the Adoption of Diverse Water Supplies in Australia: A Survey of Stakeholder Perceptions of Institutional Drivers and Barriers. Report No. 07/04, National Urban Water Governance Program, Monash University, September 2007, ISBN 978-0-9804298-0-0. PDF (1MB) | Appendix PDF (100KB)
  • Brown, R.R. and Farrelly, M.A. (2007) Advancing Urban Stormwater Quality Management in Australia: Survey Results of Stakeholder Perceptions of Institutional Drivers and Barriers. Report No. 07/05, National Urban Water Governance Program, Monash University, September 2007, ISBN: 978-0-9804298-1-7. PDF (1MB) | Appendix PDF (80KB)
  • Brown, R., Farrelly, M. and Keath, N. (2007) Summary Report: Perceptions of Institutional Drivers and Barriers to Sustainable Urban Water Management in Australia. Report No. 07/06, National Urban Water Governance Program, Monash university, December 2007, ISBN: 978-0-9804298-2-4 PDF (2988KB)
  • Brown, R. and Clarke, J. (2007). The transition towards Water Sensitive Urban Design: The Story of Melbourne, Australia, Report of the Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration, Monash University, Melbourne. PDF (1201KB)
  • Brown, R (2006). Conference Synopsis, Proceedings of the Water and Sustainable Development: Tools for Change Conference, 3rd May 2005, Melbourne. For conference information and presentations see: www.mav.asn.au/mavinfo.nsf/info/toolschange
  • Brown, R.R . and Ryan, R. (2001). Evaluation of the Stormwater Management Planning Process , Environment Protection Authority EPA 2000/88, Sydney. ISBN0-7313-2756

Book Chapters

  • Brown, R.R. (2007). ‘Principles for Institutional and Social Data Collection’. In Fletcher, T.D. and Deletic, A. (eds), Data Requirements for Integrated Urban Water Management, Taylor & Francis, London, Chapter 11, pp 159-169.
  • Brown, R.R. (2007).  ‘Social and Institutional Data’. In Fletcher, T.D. and Deletic, A. (eds), Data Requirements for Integrated Urban Water Management, Taylor & Francis, London, Chapter 22, pp 281-299.
  • Brown, R.R, Taylor A. and Mouritz, M. (2006). Institutional Capacity and Policy, In Wong, T. (ed), Australian Runoff Quality: A Guide to Water Sensitive Urban Design, Engineers Australia, Canberra, Chapter 5, pp 5:1-5:20. For more information see: www.arq.org.au/
  • Brown, R.R, Ryan, R. and McManus, R. (2001). An Australian Case Study: Why A Transdisciplinary Framework Is Essential For Integrated Urban Stormwater Planning. In Tejada-Guibert, J. A. and Maksimovic, C. (eds) Frontiers in Urban Water Management: deadlock or hope? , International Hydrological Program-V, Technical Documents in Hydrology, No.45, UNESCO, Paris, p251-259.

Journal Articles

  • Brown R.R and Keath, N. (2008). Drawing on Social Theory for Transitioning to Sustainable Urban Water Management: Turning the Institutional Super-tanker, Australian Journal of Water Resources. 12(2), 1-12.
  • Roy A.E., Wenger S.J., Fletcher T.D., Walsh C.J., Ladson A.R., Shuster W.D., Thurston H. W. and Brown R.R. (2008). Impediments and solutions to sustainable, watershed-scale urban stormwater management: lessons from Australia and the United States. Environmental Management. 42(2), 344-359.
  • Brown, R. (2008). Local Institutional Development and Organisational Change for Advancing Sustainable Urban Water Futures, Environmental Management. 41:221-223
  • Brown, R. and Davies, P. (2007) Understanding Community Receptivity to Water Re-use: Ku-ring-gai Council Case Study, Water Science and Technology, 55(4), 283-290.
  • Coppock, M. and Brown, R. (2007). Advancing Sustainable Water Futures for Melbourne: Analysis of Expert Opinion on Structural and Non-Structural Approaches, Water Practice and Technology 2(2).
  • Clarke, J. and Brown, R. (2006). Understanding the factors that influence domestic water consumption within Melbourne, Australian Journal of Water Resources, 10 (3), 261-268.
  • Brown, R., Sharp, E. and Ashley, R. (2006). Implementation Impediments to Institutionalising the Practice of Sustainable Urban Water Management, Water Science and Technology, 54(6-7), 415-422.
  • Nelson, A., Babon, A., Berry, M. and Keath, N. (2006) Engagement, but for what kind of marriage?: Community members and local planning authorities. Community Development Journal, Advance Access published on September 5, 2006.
  • Brown, R.R. (2005). Impediments to Integrated Urban Stormwater Management: The Need for Institutional Reform. Environmental Management, 36(3), 455-468. PDF (203KB)
  • Rauch, W., Seggelke, K., Brown, R., and Krebs, P. (2005) Integrated Approaches to Urban Storm Drainage: Where do we stand? Environmental Management, 35(4), 396-409. PDF (893KB)

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

  • Taylor, A. (2008). Promoting sustainable practices: The importance of building leadership capacity. Proceedings of the Enviro 08 Conference , 5-7 May, 2008, Melbourne, Australia. PDF (215KB)
  • Brown, R., Keath, N. and Wong, T. (2008).  Transitioning to Water Sensitive Cities: Historical, Current and Future Transition States. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008. PDF (108KB)
  • Brown, R and Farrelly, M. (2008).  Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management in Australia: Professional Perceptions on Institutional Drivers and Barriers. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008. PDF (200KB)
  • Farrelly, M. and Brown, R. (2008).  Professional Perceptions on Institutional Drivers and Barriers to Advancing Diverse Water Options in Australia. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008. PDF (288KB)
  • Keath, N. and Brown, R. (2008).  Are Extreme Events a Crisis or Catalyst for Sustainable Urban Water Management? The Case of two Australian Cities. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008 PDF (92KB)
  • Morison, P.J. (2008).  Creating a “waterways city” by addressing municipal commitment and capacity: The story of Melbourne continues. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008. PDF (228KB)
  • Taylor, A. (2008). Ten attributes of emergent leaders who promote sustainable urban water management. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, 31st August - 5th September, 2008, Edinburgh, Scotland. PDF (100KB)
  • van de Meene, S. (2008) Institutional Capacity Attributes of Sustainable Urban Water Management: the Case of Sydney, Australia. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008. PDF (300KB)
  • J.S. Rijke, J. S., De Graaf, R. E., Van de Ven,  F.H.M., Brown,  R.R., and Biron, D.J. (2008). Comparative case studies towards mainstreaming water sensitive urban design in Australia and the Netherlands.Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008. PDF (200KB)
  • Brown, R and Keath, N. (2007). Turning the Super Tanker:  Drawing on Social Theory to Enable the Transition to Sustainable Urban Water Management Proceedings of the 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and the 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, 21-23 August, 2007, Sydney, Australia. For conference info go to: www.rainwater2007.com/
  • Brown, R. and Farrelly, M. (2007). Institutional impediments to advancing sustainable urban water management: a typology. Proceedings of the 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and the 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, 21-23 August, 2007, Sydney, Australia. For conference info go to: www.rainwater2007.com/
  • Morison, P. and Brown, R (2007). Cooperate or coerce? Intergovernmental approaches to mainstreaming Water Sensitive Urban Design. Proceedings of the 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and the 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, 21-23 August, 2007, Sydney, Australia. For conference info go to: www.rainwater2007.com/
  • Morison, P.J. (2007). Managing urban stormwater: Across the catchment and between the cubicles. 5th South Pacific Stormwater Conference, 16-18 May 2007, Auckland, NZWWA. For conference info go to: www.nzwwa.org.nz/indexstormwater.html
  • Roberts, R. and Brown, R. (2007). Alternative Water Sources: The keys to unlocking the inhibitors of innovation and diffusion in metropolitan Melbourne. Proceedings of the 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and the 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference , 21-23 August, 2007, Sydney, Australia. For conference info go to: www.rainwater2007.com/
  • Van de Meene, S. and Brown, R. (2007). Towards an Institutional Capacity Assessment Framework for Sustainable Urban Water Management Institutions. Proceedings of the 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and the 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, 21-23 August, 2007, Sydney, Australia. For conference info go to: www.rainwater2007.com/
  • Brown, R. and Clarke, J. (2007). The Transition Towards Water Sensitive Urban Design: a socio-technical analysis of Melbourne, Australia, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Sustainable Techniques and Strategies in urban Water Management, NOVATECH 2007, 25th-27th June 2007, pg 349-356. ISBN : 2-9509337-7-7-7. 
  • Taylor, A. (2007). Sustainable urban water management champions: What do we know about them? Proceedings of the 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and the 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, 21-23 August, 2007, Sydney, Australia.
  • Brown, R. and Davies, P. (2006). Understanding Community Receptivity to Water Re-use: Ku-ring-gai Council Case Study, In Deletic A and Fletcher T (eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design and the 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling , 3-7 April 2006, Melbourne, pp 119-126. For more information and to order a copy of the proceeding, see: www.wsud.org/seminar.htm
  • Clarke, J.M. and Brown, R.R. (2006). Understanding the Factors that Influence Domestic Water Consumption within Melbourne.In:Deletic, A. and Fletcher, T. (eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design and the 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling, 3-7 April 2006, Melbourne. For more information or to order a copy of the proceeding, see: www.wsud.org/seminar.htm
  • Coppock, M.H. and Brown, R.R. (2006). Advancing Sustainable Water Futures for Melbourne: Analysis of Expert Opinion on Structural and Non-structural Approaches.In:Deletic, A. and Fletcher, T. (eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design and the 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling, 3-7 April 2006, Melbourne. For more information and to order a copy of the proceeding, see: www.wsud.org/seminar.htm
  • Keath, N. and White, J. (2006) Building the capacity of local government and industry professionals in sustainable water sensitive urban design. In: Deletic, A. and Fletcher, T. (eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design and the 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling, 3-7 April 2006, Melbourne. For more information and to order a copy of the proceeding, see: www.wsud.org/seminar.htm
  • Brown, R.R. (2005). Facilitating Local Organisational Development For Advancing Sustainable Urban Water Futures. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Copenhagen, Denmark, 21-26 August 2005. PDF (343KB)
  • Brown, R.R., Sharp, L. and Ashley, R.M. (2005). Implementation Impediments to Institutionalising the Practice of Sustainable Urban Water Management. Keynote Address in the Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Copenhagen, Denmark, 21-26 August 2005. PDF (194KB)
  • Taylor, A.C. and Fletcher, T.D. (2005). 'Triple-Bottom-Line' Assessment of Urban Stormwater Projects. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Copenhagen, Denmark, 21-26 August 2005. PDF (70KB)
  • Taylor, A.C. and Weber, T. (2004). Using Effective Policy Frameworks to Drive Water Sensitive Urban Design. Proceedings of the International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design: Cities as Catchments, 21st-25th November 2004, Adelaide, Australia. PDF (150KB)

Non Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

  • Brown, R. (2007) Keynote Address - 'The Key Socio-technical Change Factors for Advancing Water Sensitive Futures: An Australian Case Study'. Proceedings of the 5th South Pacific Stormwater Conference, 16th -18th May, Auckland, New Zealand. For conference info go to: www.nzwwa.org.nz/
  • Brown, R. (2007). Keynote Address - The transition towards the Water Sensitive City, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference for Urban Water and the Environment, 15th ­ 18th May, Auckland, New Zealand. PDF (486KB)
  • Brown, R and Keath, N (2007). Social Theory and Research on Institutional Change Processes Towards Sustainable Urban Water Management in Australia, The Second International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 10th-13th July 2007, University of Granada, Spain.  For conference information go to: http://i07.cgpublisher.com/index.html
  • Brown, R. (2004). Keynote Paper ­ Local Institutional Development and Organisational Change for Advancing Sustainable Urban Water Futures, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design: Cities as Catchments, 21-25 November 2004, Adelaide, Australia. available at: http://www.wsud.org/literature.

Under Review

  • Morison, P. J. and Brown, R.R. (submitted).Avoiding the presumptive policy errors of intergovernmental environmental programs: a case analysis of urban stormwater management. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.

Submissions

  • Monash University (2008) Submission to Infrastructure Australia’s inquiry of future investment to include Building Water Sensitive Australian Cities, October 2008 PDF (270KB)
  • Monash University (2008) Submissionto the Victorian Environment and Natural Resources Committee Inquiry into Melbourne's Future Water Supply, August 2008 PDF (500KB)
  • Monash University (2008) Letter in response to the Draft National Principles for Urban Water Planning, June 2008 PDF (275KB)
  • Monash University (2007) Moving to the Water Sensitive City, Submission to the VCEC review of the Metropolitan Melbourne Retail Water Sector, October 2007 PDF (468KB)

 


  
   
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