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DR Matthew Burns

Positions

Academic, Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

Publications

Selected publications

2019
- Journal Articles
  - Can catchment-scale urban stormwater management measures benefit the stream hydraulic environment?. Journal of Environmental Management. 233. 2019
  - Restoring in-stream habitat in urban catchments: Modify flow or the channel?. Ecohydrology: Ecosystems, land and water process interactions, ecohydrogeomorphology. 12. 2019
2018
- Journal Articles
  - Effect of urbanization on stream hydraulics. River Research and Applications. 34. 2018
  - Improving the Multi-Objective Performance of Rainwater Harvesting Systems Using Real-Time Control Technology. Water. 10. 2018
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - A spatially explicit framework for climate adaptation. Urban Water Journal. 15. 2018
  - The impact of urbanization on subsurface flow paths - A paired-catchment isotopic study. Journal of Hydrology. 561. 2018
  - Where does infiltrated stormwater go? Interactions with vegetation and subsurface anthropogenic features. Journal of Hydrology. 567. 2018
2017
- Journal Articles
  - A framework for the case-specific assessment of Green Infrastructure in mitigating urban flood hazards. Advances in Water Resources. 108. 2017
  - Can stormwater control measures restore altered urban flow regimes at the catchment scale?. Journal of Hydrology. 549. 2017
  - Urban rainwater harvesting systems: Research, implementation and future perspectives. Water Research. 115. 2017
  - Urban rainwater harvesting systems: Research, implementation and future perspectives (vol 115, pg 195, 2017). Water Research. 121. 2017
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Stormwater infiltration and the 'urban karst' - A review. Journal of Hydrology. 552. 2017
2016
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Principles for urban stormwater management to protect stream ecosystems. Freshwater Science. 35. 2016
  - Will it rise or will it fall? Managing the complex effects of urbanization on base flow. Freshwater Science. 35. 2016
- Conference Proceedings
  - DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-FLOW ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR THE MELBOURNE WATER REGION 2016
- Conference Papers Refereed
  - Hydrologic and water quality responses to catchment-wide implementation of stormwater control measures 2016
2015
- Research Book Chapters
  - Impacts of rainwater tanks on urban hydrology and stormwater quality. Rainwater Tank Systems for Urban Water Supply. IWA Publishing. 2015
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - A landscape measure of urban stormwater runoff effects is a better predictor of stream condition than a suite of hydrologic factors. Ecohydrology: Ecosystems, land and water process interactions, ecohydrogeomorphology. 8. 2015
  - Building capacity in low-impact drainage management through research collaboration. Freshwater Science. 34. 2015
  - Flow-Regime Management at the Urban Land-Parcel Scale: Test of Feasibility. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 20. 2015
  - Testing the impact of at-source stormwater management on urban flooding through a coupling of network and overland flow models 2015
  - The performance of rainwater tanks for stormwater retention and water supply at the household scale: an empirical study. Hydrological Processes. 29. 2015
2013
- Conference Proceedings
2012
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Hydrologic shortcomings of conventional urban stormwater management and opportunities for reform. Landscape and Urban Planning. 105. 2012
  - Urban stormwater runoff: A new class of environmental flow problem. PLoS One. 7. 2012
- Conference Papers Refereed
  - The stormwater retention performance of rainwater tanks at the land-parcel scale 2012
2010
- Conference Papers Refereed
  - Can allotment-scale rainwater harvesting manage urban flood risk and protect stream health? 2010
  - New generation stormwater management objectives for stream protection: implementation at multiple scales to restore a small stream 2010
2009
- Conference Proceedings
  - Farm dam interception in the Campaspe Basin under climate change 2009
  - The Implications of Establishing an Environmental Water Entitlement in Lake Glenmaggie on a Complex Water Supply System 2009
2008
- Journal Articles
  - Stormwater harvesting: Assessing operational system performance 2008
2007
- Conference Proceedings
  - An evaluation of the design, implementation and operation of 3 stormwater reuse systems across Melbourne 2007

Research

Investigator on

Contract
- Project No. 14 Optimizing flow regimes in the context of a superabundance of water awarded by MELBOURNE WATER CORP 2014
- Project No.1 - Development of high-resolution land cover datasets and rainfall-runoff models to inform other projects awarded by MELBOURNE WATER CORP 2014
- Project No.12 Scaling up the hydrological consequences of site-scale stormwater control measures awarded by MELBOURNE WATER CORP 2014
- Project No.15 Modelling the benefits of stormwater control measures on reducing flooding awarded by MELBOURNE WATER CORP 2014
- Stormwater Management in the Yarra Ranges for stream protection awarded by YARRA RANGES COUNCIL 2013
Grant
- New insights into the hydrologic behaviour of headwater streams (Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 2018 - 2019
- Development of the InVEST Stormwater and Urban Heat Island assessment tools (Collaboration Agreement) awarded by STANFORD UNIVERSITY 2018 -
- NEW PARTNERSHIPS, TOOLS AND PARADIGMS FOR MANAGING IMPROVED URBAN STREAM HEALTH AND THE RESILIENCE OF CITIES TO FLOODING AND DROUGHT (Carlton Connect Initiatives Fund) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 2013 - 2014

Awards

Education and training

PhD, Monash University 2014
PhD, Monash University 2013
GCertRHMgt, University of Melbourne 2009
B.Env.Eng (Hons), Monash University 2008

Contact Details
- matthew.burns@unimelb.edu.au
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