Journal article
Integrating stormwater management to restore a stream: Perspectives from a waterway management authority
T Prosser, PJ Morison, RA Coleman
Freshwater Science | UNIV CHICAGO PRESS | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1086/682566
Abstract
Urban stormwater management is complex with diverse institutional responsibilities, imperfect regulation, and limited, often unclear accountabilities. Improving practices in that context requires strong leadership, long-term commitment, and lasting interorganizational relationships founded on trust. We summarize events that steered Melbourne's waterway management authority to support a catchment-scale experiment markedly different from management applications or research approaches it had previously attempted. We highlight challenges, lessons learned, and subsequent institutional changes to stormwater management. Project challenges included: substantial investment in a small area from an org..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
We thank MW for substantial funding and leadership throughout the project. In particular Sharyn RossRakesh was the first MW project champion. The authors acknowledge the support of the Australian Research Council Linkage scheme (LP0883610 and LP130100295), and our funding collaborators, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria).