Dr Matthew Burns
Senior Research Fellow (Urban Ecohydrology)
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
81 Scholarly works
18 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Journal article
The hydrological effects of dispersed stormwater management at the catchment scale
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.1365462023
Research contracts (non-grants)
W3 Sunbury and Its Headwaters: Protecting Sunbury Streams and Headwaters From Urbanisation
2022
Journal article
Real-time controlled rainwater harvesting systems can improve the performance of stormwater networks
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.1285032022
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Can Real-Time Control Deliver Environmental Flows to Protect Urban Streams?
2022
Journal article
Coordinated Control Can Deliver Synergies Across Multiple Rainwater Storages
DOI: 10.1029/2021WR0302662020
Journal article
Real Time Control of Rainwater Harvesting Systems: The Benefits of Increasing Rainfall Forecast Window
DOI: 10.1029/2020wr0278562019
Research Contracts
Understand the Role of Small Headwater Streams (‘Zero Order’ Streams) in Urbanizing Catchments for Supporting Waterway Health
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2026
Journal article
Decision support tools for waterway managers: Spatially explicit data, models, engagement, and monitoring
DOI: 10.1086/7426802026
Journal article
Corrigendum to “Leveraging green stormwater infrastructure as a social-ecological synergy strategy at neighborhood scale” [J. Environ. Manag. 413 (2026) 130337] (Journal of Environmental Management (2026) 413, (S0301479726017974), (10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.130337))
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.1306052026
Journal article
Leveraging green stormwater infrastructure as a social-ecological synergy strategy at neighborhood scale
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.1303372026
Journal article
Insights from long-term collaborative research in waterway management
DOI: 10.1086/7427022026
Journal article
Spatio-temporal optimization of the operation of real-time controlled rainwater harvesting systems to improve streamflow regimes
DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2025.0452025
Journal article
Urban streams in the Anthropocene: Using diverse knowledge and collaboration to disrupt the status quo
DOI: 10.1086/7387752025
Journal article
Practical pathways for protecting headwater streams in urbanizing areas
DOI: 10.1086/7378262025
Journal article
How flood and low flow duration influences early instream vegetation community development: implications for restoration
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-025-05912-3