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1 Smith, S. (Ed.) 1999. The private sector in water: Competition and regulation. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 71p.
Water supply ; Sanitation ; Private sector ; Participatory management ; Water use ; Households ; Design ; Water rates ; Costs ; Water quality ; Risks ; Case studies / Middle East / Gaza / Venezuela / Guinea / Australia / Sydney
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 628.1 G000 SMI Record No: H025622)
2 Chapman, R.; Cuthbertson, S. 1999. Sydney's water - A suitable case for private treatment? In Smith, S. (Ed.), The private sector in water: Competition and regulation. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. pp.65-71.
Water resource management ; Water harvesting ; Water storage ; Private sector ; Filtration ; Water quality ; Water rates ; Pricing ; Risks ; Water supply ; Operations ; Maintenance ; Environmental control / Australia / Sydney
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 628.1 G000 SMI Record No: H025634)
3 Howe, C.; White, S. 1999. Integrated resource planning for water and wastewater: Sydney case studies. Water International, 24(4):356-362.
Water resource management ; Planning ; Water conservation ; Effluents ; Wastewater ; Water demand ; Water reuse ; Case studies / Australia / Sydney / Upper Blue Mountains / Blackheath / Mt. Victoria / Medlow Bath / Illawarra Region
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H025798)
4 ESCAP. 1999. Regional cooperation in the twenty-first century on flood control and management in Asia and the Pacific. New York, NY, USA: UN. xii, 216p.
Flood control ; Forecasting ; River basins ; Catchment areas ; Legal aspects ; International cooperation ; Case studies ; Land management ; Water management ; Land use ; Groundwater ; Stream flow ; Water quality ; Legislation ; Environmental effects ; Drainage ; Runoff ; Financing / Asia / Pacific Islands / Thailand / Australia / Bangladesh / China / Indonesia / India / Malaysia / Japan / Vietnam / Chao Phraya River / Parramatta River / Sydney / Klang River Basin / Missippi River Basin / Rhine River / Mekong River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 627.4 G570 ESC Record No: H027049)
5 Pink, A. (Ed.) 2000. Sustainable development international. 3rd ed. London, UK: ICG Publishing Ltd. 181p.
Sustainability ; Construction ; Environmental effects ; Education ; Land management ; Water resources ; Salinity ; Irrigation practices ; Desalinization ; Gender ; Women ; Manual pumps ; Water supply ; Forestry ; Tillage ; Weed control ; Agricultural research ; Crop production ; Electricity supplies ; Wind power ; Transport ; Public health / UK / USA / Ukraine / Africa / Zambia / New Zealand / Australia / India / Brazil / Germany / Aral Sea / Caspian Sea / Yorkshire / Sydney
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 363.7 G000 PIN Record No: H027649)
6 International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR). Aisa and Pacific Division (APD). 2000. Sustainable water resources management: issues and future challenges. Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the Asia and Pacific Division of the International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research, Bangkok, Thailand, 13-16 November 2000. Volume III - Hydrology. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Regional Environmental Management Center (REMC). pp.817-1103.
Hydrology ; Water resources ; Rainfall-runoff relationships ; Assessment ; Catchment areas ; Natural disasters ; Forecasting ; Surface runoff ; Groundwater ; Erosion ; Simulation ; Tanks ; Urbanization ; Satellite surveys ; Remote sensing ; Mathematical models ; GIS ; Case studies ; Flood control ; Water harvesting ; River basins ; Land use ; Stream flow ; Networks ; Water quality / Australia / China / Japan / Java / Bangladesh / Thailand / Malaysia / India / Nepal / Sydney / Musgrave Pond / New South Wales / Abukuma River Basin / Nagi River Basin / Pasak River Basin / Shah Alam / Chi-Mun River Basin / Juri River Basin / Monu River Basin / Kathmandu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 INT Record No: H027704)
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7 Bandler, H. 2000. Australian concepts of environmental considerations in planning water storage dams. In International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR). Aisa and Pacific Division (APD). Sustainable water resources management: issues and future challenges. Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the Asia and Pacific Division of the International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research, Bangkok, Thailand, 13-16 November 2000. Volume IV - Water resources development and management. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Regional Environmental Management Center (REMC). pp.1313-1322.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 INT Record No: H027719)
8 Mehrotra, R.; Soni, B.; Bhatia, K. K. S. (Eds.) 2000. Integrated water resources management for sustainable development: Volume II. Roorkee, India: National Institute of Hydrology. pp.757-1305.
Water resource management ; Hydrology ; Open channels ; Rainfall-runoff relationships ; Flood water ; Water supply ; Soil moisture ; Simulation ; Models ; Stochastic process ; Reservoirs ; Effluents ; Erosion ; Watershed management ; Participatory management ; Social participation ; Catchment areas ; Groundwater ; Artificial recharge ; Development aid ; Water harvesting ; Runoff ; Climate ; Drought ; River basins ; Crop production ; Water availability ; Natural disasters ; Forecasting ; Rice ; Rain-fed farming ; Satellite surveys ; Remote sensing ; Evapotranspiration ; Sedimentation ; Irrigation programs ; GIS ; Land development ; Estuaries ; Mountains ; Seepage ; Case studies / Australia / Iran / India / China / Ghana / Europe / Bangladesh / Sri Lanka / Nepal / Sydney / Bihar / Yangtze River / Hindu-Kush Himalayas / Haryana / Bundelkhan / Jodhpur / River Meuse / Orissa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 MEH Record No: H028091)
Proceedings of the International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development (ICIWRM-2000), 19-21 December 2000, New Delhi, India, organised by the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee (U.P.), India.
9 Chanan, A.; White, M. 2000. Community participation in stormwater management in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment, Australia. In Mehrotra, R.; Soni, B.; Bhatia, K. K. S. (Eds.), Integrated water resources management for sustainable development - Volume II. Roorkee, India: National Institute of Hydrology. pp.919-926.
Catchment areas ; Water management ; Social participation ; Decision making ; Decision support tools / Australia / Sydney / Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 MEH Record No: H028103)
10 Battam, M.; Boughton, D.; Hulme, P.; Sutton, B. 2001. Drip irrigated cotton: Observing wetting patterns. Irrigation Journal, 51(4):13-16.
Drip irrigation ; Cotton ; Soil water movement ; Soil moisture ; Measurement ; Evapotranspiration ; Irrigation operation / Australia / Sydney
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H028620)
11 Holliner, E.; Cornish, P. S.; Baginska, B.; Mann, R.; Kuczera, G. 2001. Farm-scale stormwater losses of sediment and nutrients from a market garden near Sydney, Australia. Agricultural Water Management, 47(3):227-241.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H028988)
12 Lazarova, V.; Asano, T.; Bahri, A.; Anderson, J. 2013. Milestones in water reuse: the best success stories. London, UK: IWA Publishing. 375p.
Water management ; Water reuse ; Recycling ; Filtration ; Technology ; Water quality ; Quality controls ; Drinking water ; Water supply ; Water demand ; Groundwater recharge ; Wastewater treatment ; Sewage sludge ; Aquifers ; Economic aspects ; Environmental effects ; Case studies ; Agriculture ; Irrigation systems ; Reservoirs ; Climate change ; Drought ; Energy ; Costs ; Policy / Australia / USA / Singapore / Spain / Cyprus / France / Hawaii / Japan / Italy / Mexico / Germany / China / Sydney / Costa Brava / Madrid / Bora Bora / Honolulu / Tokyo / Shinjuku Area / Milan / San Luis Potosi / Beijing / California / Occoquan Reservoir
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 LAZ Record No: H045748)
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13 Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.) 2014. The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. 489p. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Water security ; Food security ; Food production ; Food supply ; Energy conservation ; Agriculture ; Periurban areas ; Urban areas ; Urbanization ; Rural areas ; Hydrological cycle ; Models ; Sustainable development ; Social aspects ; Water footprint ; Water supply ; Water use ; Water demand ; Water availability ; Catchment areas ; Solar energy ; Carbon cycle ; Sanitation ; Health hazards ; Malnutrition ; Milk production ; Decentralization ; Wastewater management ; Wastewater treatment ; Excreta ; Waste treatment ; Nutrients ; Horticulture ; Labour mobility ; Climate change ; Knowledge management ; Greenhouse gases ; Emission reduction ; Land use ; Biodiversity ; Case studies / India / Australia / Ghana / Iran / West Africa / Ethiopia / Uganda / Africa South of Sahara / Senegal / Bangladesh / Melbourne / Tamale / Shiraz / Sydney / Addis Ababa / Accra / Hyderabad / Kampala / Dakar / Dhaka / Udaipur / Bharatpur / Tigray Region / Rajasthan / Rajsamand District / South Creek Catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI, e-copy SF Record No: H046685)
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14 UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme. 2014. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2014. Vol. 1. Water and energy. Paris, France: UNESCO. 133p.
Water management ; Water demand ; Electricity generation ; Thermal energy ; Water power ; Energy consumption ; Energy demand ; Infrastructure ; Economic aspects ; Climate change ; Population ; Biofuels ; Surface water ; Water use ; Wastewater management ; Agriculture ; Food security ; Ecosystems / Africa / Asia-Pacific / Europe / Oceania / North America / South America / Latin America / Africa South of Sahara / Australia / Austria / Caribbean / Chile / China / India / Iraq / Lebanon / Mexico / Rwanda / Mekong River Basin / Chennai / Windhoek / Sydney
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046371)
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15 O’Neill, P.; James, S. 2014. Feeding Sydney: assessing the importance of the city’s peri-urban farms. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.243-256. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Suburban agriculture ; Food supply ; Food production ; Food consumption ; Food security ; Assessment ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Markets ; Population ; Public health ; Environmental sustainability ; Farmers ; Case studies / Australia / Sydney
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047031)
Peri-urban agriculture is common to cities worldwide. Large cities depend on the availability of fresh foodstuffs and traditionally these have been supplied competitively by small scale farmers located on the fringes of cities. A peri-urban location gives access to urban markets as well as the opportunity to tap into urban water infrastructure and temporarily idle land. These opportunities mean, however, that peri-urban farmers are displaced by urban expansion. This chapter examines these dynamics through a case study of peri-urban agriculture in Sydney, Australia. The chapter combines four recent studies by the authors to give an appraisal of the relative importance of Sydney basin farmers to the supply of fresh fruit and vegetables to Sydney’s 4.3 million residents. The study finds there is much uncertainty over the future of these farmers.
16 Mason, D.; Davidson, B. 2014. Why and how to sustain agriculture around our cities: a case study of Sydney, Australia. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.269-282. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Sustainable agriculture ; Agricultural development ; Urban development ; Food production ; Marketing ; Development projects ; State intervention ; Farmers ; Periurban areas ; Case studies / Australia / Sydney
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047041)
In the peri-urban regions that surround cities traditional industries, such as agriculture, tend to suffer as the process of urbanisation occurs. These industries tended to survive because their proximity to urban centres provided them with all the advantages of a natural monopoly in selected products. However, this natural protection is eroded by improvements in transport systems, amongst other factors, and in the end the traditional industries succumb to development pressures. In the past this process of change has not been managed well, with many instances of peri-urban regions and industries being swallowed up by new urban developments. The purpose in this paper is to outline an example of a program that is designed to manage the interests of those in the traditional industries in peri-urban regions as the process of development occurs. The program is known as the Hawkesbury Harvest and it is applied to the peri-urban region to the west of Sydney, Australia. In this paper, the history of agriculture in the region is initially presented in order to provide a context of how Hawkesbury Harvest operates. The region itself had a number of natural assets that protected it from competition, but these ceased with the development of improved transport networks. Hawkesbury Harvest operates within a competitive environment promoting the products and ecosystem services of traditional activities in a region that is subject to severe urban development pressures. It serves to manage the process of change in an ever changing environment and acts as a template for other regions suffering from similar pressures.
17 Aye, L.; Nawarathna, B.; George, B.; Nair, S.; Malano, H. 2014. Greenhouse gas emissions of decentralised water supply strategies in peri-urban areas of Sydney. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.355-363. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Greenhouse gases ; Emission ; Water supply ; Decentralization ; Periurban areas ; Effluents ; Wastewater treatment ; Water reuse ; Rainwater ; Water harvesting ; Drinking water / Australia / Sydney
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047046)
Quantification of greenhouse gas emissions for decentralised water supply systems is essential for water policy development, decision making and implementation of these systems. Two potential water supply strategies ‘Effluent Reuse’ and ‘Stormwater Harvesting’ applicable for the planned growth centre development of Western Sydney were developed. The associated energy intensities and operational greenhouse gas emissions of these two strategies were quantified by using the factors and methods prescribed by the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency National Greenhouse Accounts Factors, 2011. It was found that in terms of operational greenhouse gas emissions, stormwater harvesting performs marginally better than effluent reuse while the cost of stormwater harvesting is expected to be about four times cheaper than effluent reuse in Australia.
18 Iftekhar, Md. S.; Zhang, F.; Polyakov, M.; Fogarty, J.; Burton, M. 2021. Non-market values of water sensitive urban designs: a case study on rain gardens. Water Resources and Economics, 34:100178. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2021.100178]
Urban environment ; Stormwater management ; Cost benefit analysis ; Willingness to pay ; Infrastructure ; Households ; Case studies ; Models / Australia / Sydney / Melbourne
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050478)
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Rain gardens are an established element of water sensitive urban infrastructure. However, information on people's preferences for such systems is lacking. To understand whether people express willingness to pay for such systems and whether estimates are transferable between locations, we conducted choice experiments in Sydney and Melbourne. We found that people are willing to pay for rain gardens. The marginal willingness to pay for different features is similar in both locations, but the transfer of compensating surplus values between locations still generates transfer errors. The implications of transfer errors are investigated using a benefit-cost analysis of a rain garden installation.
19 Kuller, M.; Reid, D. J.; Prodanovic, V. 2021. Are we planning blue-green infrastructure opportunistically or strategically? Insights from Sydney, Australia. Blue-Green Systems, 3(1):267-280. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2021.023]
Urban planning ; Infrastructure ; Strategy planning ; Spatial database ; Ecosystem services ; Spatial analysis ; Stormwater management ; Catchment areas ; Socioeconomic aspects / Australia / Sydney / Georges River Catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050860)
https://iwaponline.com/bgs/article-pdf/3/1/267/984087/bgs0030267.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050860.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050860.pdf
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Strategic placement of water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) is essential in optimising its performance and maximising co-benefits. However, little is known about the current placement and interconnectedness between WSUD assets and the performance of current planning strategies. We evaluated the placement of existing WSUDs in a highly urbanised catchment in Sydney, Australia. We used a three-step process: (1) compiling a comprehensive spatial asset database, (2) performing spatial correlation analysis between asset locations and biophysical, urban form and socioeconomic variables and (3) using a novel approach to facilitate holistic understanding through analysing asset locations compared with the outcome of the spatial suitability analysis tool (SSANTO). WSUD coverage was generally low, with clustering in some municipalities. Placement was constrained by physical variables, such as slope, limited space and varying land uses. However, placement was not detectably influenced by most socioeconomic variables. SSANTO's suitability score at asset locations was only slightly higher than average, suggesting that the placement of existing WSUD was opportunistic, rather than strategically planned. Further development and implementation of tools able to account for spatial constraints will help guide future WSUD placement as a component of green urban stormwater management.
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