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DR Matthew Burns

Positions

Academic, Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

Publications

Selected publications

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
  - Restoring in-stream habitat in urban catchments: Modify flow or the channel?. Ecohydrology: Ecosystems, land and water process interactions, ecohydrogeomorphology. 2018
  - Where does infiltrated stormwater go? Interactions with vegetation and subsurface anthropogenic features. Journal of Hydrology. 567. 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
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
- 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
- New insights into the hydrologic behaviour of headwater streams (Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

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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