Abeysuriya, K, Mitchell, CA & Willetts, JR 2010, 'Urban sanitation through the lens of Thomas Kuhn' in McNeill, JR, Padua, JA & Rangarajan, M (eds), Environmental History: As if Nature Existed, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, pp. 65-84.
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It is a commonly held idea that developing countries would follow the development path forged by industrialized countries, aided by these 'more developed' countries (McGranahan et al. 2001: 3). Thus, the urban sanitary practices of industrialized countries, which have contributed to the dignity, health, and wealth of people in those countries, have great bearing on the practices and the aspirations of developing countries.
Cusack, CM & Prior, JH 2010, 'Religion, sexuality and retribution: Placing the 'other' in Sydney' in Cusack, C & Hartney, C (eds), Religion and Retribution logic: Essays in Honour of Professor Garry W. Trompf, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 347-368.
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Australia is a notably majoritarian society, where the 'majority' is defi ned as white, heterosexual and Christian. At crucial periods in Australian history tensions involving minorities that did not conform to majoritarian expectations have fl ared up. The late nineteenth century was rife with racist and religionist tensions, particularly focused on the Chinese community, which influenced the Federation (1901) agenda for Australia. Th is agenda, enshrined in legislation such as the Immigration Restriction Act (1901) and other Acts constituting the White Australia Policy, determined Australian immigration until the late 1960s. Sexual minorities, particularly gays and lesbians, have not generally posed the overt and public challenge to 'Australian values' that alien ethnic and religious groups have. However, there are important synergies between the two cases and the challenges they pose for mainstream Australia. What is central to majoritarian Australia is peripheral to them; what is normative is alien. Th eir communities gather in areas that are 'undesirable' or unwanted by the establishment, and their 'deviant' practices take place in mysterious, substantially hidden locations. Th is paper examines two case studies of communities that challenged majoritarian Australia, and the places and constructed spaces associated with them in Sydney. The fi rst case study is focused on the late nineteenth- And early twentieth- century Chinese community and the two temples in which the Chinese carried on their religious life; Sze Yup in Glebe (1904) and Yui Ming in Alexandria (1909). The witch-hunt against the Chinese culminated in a Royal Commission in 1891, which exonerated them on all counts (opium addiction, sexual immorality, and stealing the jobs of whites). The second case study examines the police raids on Club 80, a gay male venue that was located at various addresses in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. Th is witch-hunt was the last gasp of a long ca...
Prior, JH & Cusack, CM 2010, 'Ritual, liminality and transformation: secular spirituality in Sydney's gay bathhouses' in Hunt, S (ed), New Religions and Spiritualities, Ashgate, Surrey, UK, pp. 271-281.
Retamal, ML, Turner, AJ & White, S 2010, 'The water-energy-climate nexus: systems thinking and virtuous circles' in Howe, C, Smith, J & Henderson, J (eds), Climate Change and Water: International perspectives on mitigation and adaptation, American Water Works Association and IWA Publishing, Denver, USA and London, UK, pp. 99-109.
Riedy, C & Daly, J 2010, 'Targeting a Low-Carbon University: A Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target for the Australian Technology Network of Universities' in Filho, L & Walter (eds), Climate Change Management, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Hamburg, pp. 151-162.
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This paper outlines the technical and strategic analysis used to decide on the target. In addition, the paper draws out insights from the negotiations between the five universities. The circumstances of each university differed with respect to the greenhouse intensity of the local electricity supply, projected growth, and the extent of previous action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The negotiations sought an equitable approach to address these differences, building on the principle of contraction and convergence. The ATN approach is a possible model for other university partnerships. Further, the political and technical challenges that emerged provide insights into the challenges that other universities need to overcome in responding to climate change.
Boyle, C, Mudd, G, Mihelcic, JR, Anastas, P, Collins, T, Culligan, P, Edwards, M, Gabe, J, Gallagher, P, Handy, S, Kao, J-J, Krumdieck, S, Lyles, LD, Mason, I, Mcdowall, R, Pearce, A, Riedy, C, Russell, J, Schnoor, JL, Trotz, M, Venables, R, Zimmerman, JB, Fuchs, V, Miller, S, Page, S & Reeder-Emery, K 2010, 'Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure that Supports the Urban Built Environment', Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 44, no. 13, pp. 4836-4840.
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As cities grow, their impact on the environment becomes a greater concern. Yet cities provide opportunity for easily maintainable efforts for sustainability that can synergistically make vast improvements: green(er) infrastructure systems and a civic dedication to optimizing resource use. One example is green roofing, which can happily marry individual desires for a (mentally, if not physically) relaxing hobby while providing urban beautification. In this issue, Boyle et al discuss what needs to be done to assure that megacities do not become megablights; other content herein speaks to sustainable design and resource management
Brown, PR, Nelson, R, Jacobs, B, Kokic, P, Tracey, J, Ahmed, M & DeVoil, P 2010, 'Enabling natural resource managers to self-assess their adaptive capacity', Agricultural Systems, vol. 103, no. 8, pp. 562-568.
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Carrard, N, Willetts, J, Mitchell, C, Paddon, M & Retamal, M 2010, 'Selecting Sanitation Solutions for Peri-urban Areas: A Case Study of Can Tho, Vietnam', Water Practice and Technology, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1-19.
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In peri-urban areas where infrastructure investments have not yet been made, there is a need to determine the most context-appropriate, fit for purpose and sustainable sanitation solutions. Decision makers must identify the optimal system scale (on the spectrum from centralized to community to cluster scale) and assess the long-term costs and socio-economic/environmental impacts associated with different options. Addressing both cost-effectiveness and sustainability are essential to ensure that institutions and communities are able to continue to bear the costs and management burden of infrastructure operation, maintenance and asset replacement. This paper describes an approach to sanitation planning currently being undertaken as a research study in Can Tho City in southern Vietnam, by the Institute for Sustainable Futures and Can Tho University in collaboration with Can Tho Water Supply and Sewerage Company. The aim of the study is to facilitate selection of the most context-appropriate, fit for purpose, cost effective and sustainable sanitation infrastructure solution. As such, the study compares a range of sanitation alternatives including centralized, decentralized (at household or cluster scale) and resource recovery options. This paper provides an overview of the study and considers aspects of the Can Tho and Vietnamese regulatory, development and institutional context that present drivers and challenges for comparison of options and selection of fit for purpose sanitation systems.
Cordell, DJ & White, S 2010, 'Securing a sustainable phosphorus future for Australia', Farm Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 1-18.
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Australia has developed its agricultural export industry on the foundation of importing phosphorus: from Nauru. and more recently through substituting domestic production [or at least half of all demand for fertiliser. Decreasing ore grades for phosphate rock increasing concerns about the negative impact of run-off from soils, and the likelihood of future price increases all mean that a rethink is needed of the future of phosphorus in Australia, and globally. The current path for phosphorus lise in the world and in Australia is not sustainable. due to the significant levels of inefficiency, to the certainty of peak phosphorus in the coming decades and the vulnerability to potentially volatile markets. Moving towards a sustainable phosphorus future can be achieved by reducing our dependence on imported and domestic rock, by diversifying phosphorus sources through investing in renewable phosphorus fertilisers, increasing the efficiency of use throughout the system (not just in agriculture) and maximising recovery and reuse of phosphorus.
Crimp, SJ, Stokes, CJ, Howden, SM, Moore, AD, Jacobs, B, Brown, PR, Ash, AJ, Kokic, P & Leith, P 2010, 'Managing Murray–Darling Basin livestock systems in a variable and changing climate: challenges and opportunities', The Rangeland Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 293-293.
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The key biophysical impacts associated with projected climate change in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) include: declines in pasture productivity, reduced forage quality, livestock heat stress, greater problems with some pests and weeds, more frequent droughts, more intense rainfall events, and greater risks of soil degradation. The most arid and least productive rangelands in the MDB region may be the most severely impacted by climate change, while the more productive eastern and northern grazing lands in the MDB may provide some opportunities for slight increases in production. In order to continue to thrive in the future, livestock industries need to anticipate these changes, prepare for uncertainty, and develop adaptation strategies now. While climate change will have direct effects on livestock, the dominant influences on grazing enterprises in the MDB will be through changes in plant growth and the timing, quantity and quality of forage availability. Climate change will involve a complex mix of responses to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, rising temperatures, changes in rainfall and other weather factors, and broader issues related to how people collectively and individually respond to these changes. Enhancing the ability of individuals to respond to a changing climate will occur through building adaptive capacity. We have, via secondary data, selected from the Australian Agricultural and Grazing Industries Survey, built a national composite index of generic adaptive capacity of rural households. This approach expresses adaptive capacity as an emergent property of the diverse forms of human, social, natural, physical and financial capital from which livelihoods are derived. Human capital was rated as ‘high’ across the majority of the MDB compared with the rest of Australia, while social, physical and financial capital were rated as ‘moderate’ to ‘low’. The resultant measure of adaptive capacity, made up of the five capitals, was...
Fane, S & Turner, A 2010, 'Integrated water resource planning in the context of climate uncertainty', Water Supply, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 487-494.
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In many locations, climate change may significantly reduce urban water supplies and could also affect water demand. With uncertainty around future climate, supply-demand planning needs to adapt. This paper addresses the question: How does climate change alter Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) for urban water? The paper covers the setting of planning objectives in the face of climate change, assessing the impacts of climate change on urban water supply and water demand, and considers the available responses. While climate change represents a major challenge for urban water planning it also reinforces key principles of IRP such as adaptive management, the central role of water conservation and need for public engagement in water planning.
Ferguson, BC, Brown, RR & Deletic, A 2010, 'A Diagnostic Procedure for Transformative Change Based on Transitions, Resilience, and Institutional Thinking', Ecology and Society, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 487-494.
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In many locations, climate change may significantly reduce urban water supplies and could also affect water demand. With uncertainty around future climate, supply-demand planning needs to adapt. This paper addresses the question: How does climate change alter Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) for urban water? The paper covers the setting of planning objectives in the face of climate change, assessing the impacts of climate change on urban water supply and water demand, and considers the available responses. While climate change represents a major challenge for urban water planning it also reinforces key principles of IRP such as adaptive management, the central role of water conservation and need for public engagement in water planning.
Florin, NH, Blamey, J & Fennell, PS 2010, 'Synthetic CaO-Based Sorbent for CO2 Capture from Large-Point Sources', ENERGY & FUELS, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 4598-4604.
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The main impetus for future technology development for capturing and purifying CO2 from industrial flue gases is the potential for minimizing the cost of capture and reducing the efficiency penalty that is imposed on the process. Carbonate looping is a very promising future technology, which uses CaO-based solid sorbents, with great potential to reduce the cost of capture and lessen the energy penalty compared to closer to market technologies, e.g., solvent scrubbing. Unfortunately, the CO2-capture capacity of a CaO-sorbent derived from natural limestone decays through long-term capture-and-release cycling; thus, the development of strategies and/or novel sorbents to achieve a high CO2-capture capacity is an important challenge for realizing the cost efficiency of carbonate looping technology. To this end, we report on the development and characterization of a novel synthetic CaO-based sorbent produced via a precipitation method and present experimental results demonstrating improved long-term CO 2-capture capacity based on reactivity testing using a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) and a bench-scale bubbling fluidized-bed (BFB) reactor. We achieve a capture capacity of about 2.5 times the amount of CO 2 after 15 cycles with the synthetic sorbent compared to a natural limestone (Havelock) in the BFB. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
Giurco, DP, White, SB & Stewart, RA 2010, 'Smart Metering and Water End-Use Data: Conservation Benefits and Privacy Risks', Water, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 461-467.
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Smart metering technology for residential buildings is being trialed and rolled out by water utilities to assist with improved urban water management in a future affected by climate change. The technology can provide near real-time monitoring of where water is used in the home, disaggregated by end-use (shower, toilet, clothes washing, garden irrigation, etc.). This paper explores questions regarding the degree of information detail required to assist utilities in targeting demand management programs and informing customers of their usage patterns, whilst ensuring privacy concerns of residents are upheld.
Hussain, I, Willetts, J, Carrard, N & Khan, F 2010, 'Knowledge networks and capacity building in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector in Southeast Asia and the Pacific', Knowledge Management for Development Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 21-36.
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The Sanitation and Water Conference held in Melbourne Australia in November 2008 called attention to the need for strengthening of political leadership through evidence-based advocacy in this sector and strengthening capacity commensurate with the scale of the crisis. Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) networks are a promising mechanism for both advocacy and building sustainable sector capacity. This paper reports on a research focused on selected WASH networks in this region, elucidating their functions, experiences and effectiveness through an online survey. The work was undertaken collaboratively by WESNet Pakistan, Institute for Sustainable Futures at University of Technology Sydney and International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) in the Netherlands. The research revealed several country-level networks operational in the Southeast Asia region and a regional network in the Pacific. These networks were engaged in advocacy, sector coordination, knowledge sharing and capacity building, with varying priority depending on the network or region. This paper describes success stories of these networks and their views on the most effective approaches to the work they undertake. It also describes common challenges such as reliance on voluntary contributions of time and expertise and sustainability of financial resources. These networks are playing important and effective roles in the sector and greater recognition of the benefits they provide might ensure that governments and donors support such networks towards ongoing improvements in the WASH knowledge management in the region.
Kelly, S & Pollitt, M 2010, 'An assessment of the present and future opportunities for combined heat and power with district heating (CHP-DH) in the United Kingdom', Energy Policy, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 6936-6945.
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MacDowell, N, Florin, N, Buchard, A, Hallett, J, Galindo, A, Jackson, G, Adjiman, CS, Williams, CK, Shah, N & Fennell, P 2010, 'An overview of CO2 capture technologies', ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, vol. 3, no. 11, pp. 1645-1669.
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In this paper, three of the leading options for large scale CO2 capture are reviewed from a technical perspective. We consider solvent-based chemisorption techniques, carbonate looping technology, and the so-called oxyfuel process. For each technology option, we give an overview of the technology, listing advantages and disadvantages. Subsequently, a discussion of the level of technological maturity is presented, and we conclude by identifying current gaps in knowledge and suggest areas with significant scope for future work. We then discuss the suitability of using ionic liquids as novel, environmentally benign solvents with which to capture CO2. In addition, we consider alternatives to simply sequestering CO2 - we present a discussion on the possibility of recycling captured CO2 and exploiting it as a C1 building block for the sustainable manufacture of polymers, fine chemicals, and liquid fuels. Finally, we present a discussion of relevant systems engineering methodologies in carbon capture system design. © 2010 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Mohr, SH & Evans, GM 2010, 'Combined Generalized Hubbert-Bass Model Approach to Include Disruptions When Predicting Future Oil Production', Natural Resources, vol. 01, no. 01, pp. 28-33.
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In a previous study [1] the authors had developed a methodology for predicting global oil production. Briefly, the model accounted for disruptions in production by utilising a series of Hubbert curves in combination with a polynomial smoothing function. Whilst the model was able to produce predictions for future oil production, the methodology was complex in its implementation and not easily applied to future disruptions. In this study a Generalized Bass model approach is incorporated with the Hubbert linearization technique that overcomes these limitations and is consistent with our previous predictions
Mohr, SH & Evans, GM 2010, 'Long term prediction of unconventional oil production', Energy Policy, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 265-276.
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Although considerable discussion surrounds unconventional oil's ability to mitigate the effects of peaking conventional oil production, very few models of unconventional oil production exist. The aim of this article was to project unconventional oil production to determine how significant its production may be. Two models were developed to predict the unconventional oil production, one model for in situ production and the other for mining the resources. Unconventional oil production is anticipated to reach between 18 and 32 Gb/y (49-88 Mb/d) in 2076-2084, before declining. If conventional oil production is at peak production then projected unconventional oil production cannot mitigate peaking of conventional oil alone. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Mohr, SH & Evans, GM 2010, 'Shale gas changes N. American gas production projections', Oil and Gas Journal, vol. 108, no. 27, pp. 60-64.
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Estimates of ultimate gas recovery from shales have changed the outlook for gas production in the US and Canada. The 138-tcf low and 310-tcf high ultimate conventional gas recovery estimate were the same as in Dawson for Canada tight gas. The low case for the US assumed a 310-tcf remaining conventional gas recovery as shown on a website maintained by the US Natural Gas Supply Association. The high case assumed a 200-tcf ultimate recovery based on probable and speculative resources of 163 tcf and historic production and proved reserves of ∼37 tcf. Kuuskraa and Stevens project that North American unconventional gas production will reach 19.3 tcf/year in 2020. The BGR resource estimate for the US is from the 2008 USGS Circum-Arctic Resources Appraisal, which is a conventional gas estimate. Gas production in North America will not peak until at least 2016 and probably much longer due to advancements in shale gas technology and production.
Mukheibir, P 2010, 'The potential economic impact of climate change on equitable water access in small towns: a South African case study', International Journal of Water, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 223-223.
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This case study demonstrates that the consequence of climate change impacts on water resources is indeed an economic issue when it comes to meeting projected water demand and ensuring access to basic water supplies. In order to meet the same water demand under climate change conditions as compared with normal climate conditions the investment cost quadruples over the 30 year period. This in turn results in an increase in the average annual unit selling price of the water increasing by 25%. A fundamental shift in development policy is therefore required if equitable access to affordable water is to be achieved.
Mukheibir, P 2010, 'Water Access, Water Scarcity, and Climate Change', ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 1027-1039.
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This article investigates the approaches of the various discourses operating in the water sector and how they address the issues of scarcity and equitable access under projected climate change impacts. Little synergy exists between the different approaches dealing with these issues. Whilst being a sustainable development and water resources management issue, a holistic view of access, scarcity and the projected impacts of climate change is not prevalent in these discourses. The climate change discourse too does not adequately bridge the gap between these issues. The projected impacts of climate change are likely to exacerbate the problems of scarcity and equitable access unless appropriate adaptation strategies are adopted and resilience is built. The successful delivery of accessible water services under projected climate change impacts therefore lies with an extension of the adaptive water management approach to include equitable access as a key driver.
Prior, J & Herriman, J 2010, 'he emergence of community strategic planning in New South Wales, Australia: Influences, challenges and opportunities', COMMONWEALTH JOURNAL OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE, no. 7, pp. 45-77.
Prior, JH & Herriman, J 2010, 'The emergence of community strategic planning in New South Wales, Australia: influences, challenges and opportunities', Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, vol. 7, no. November 2010, pp. 1-33.
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This paper investigates the emergence of community strategic planning in the New South Wales (NSW) local government sector, against the backdrop of a series of broad influences ranging from increased interest in participatory democracy through to sustainable infrastructure provision. It provides an understanding of how community strategic planning has evolved over the past few decades to embody these influences. The paper concludes with reflections on some common challenges and opportunities experienced by local councils in NSW that have undertaken voluntary community strategic planning or are in the process of developing community strategic plans. Given underlying similarities in the emergence of participatory long-term strategic planning in local government around the world, many of the experiences associated with the preparation of community strategic plans in the NSW context are likely to be of relevance to those undertaking similar processes in other jurisdictions
Retamal, M & Turner, A 2010, 'Unpacking the energy implications of distributed water infrastructure: how are rainwater systems performing?', Water Supply, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 546-553.
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Drought and concern over climate change has led to the increased use of distributed water systems in Australia to supplement centralised supply systems. A literature review carried out by the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) into the energy consumption of water infrastructure found that very little data on energy consumption exists, particularly for distributed systems. This paper reviews the findings of the literature review and presents results from a preliminary monitoring study on the energy implications of household rainwater systems. Typical household systems that are currently being installed in ouses cross Australia use approximately 1.5 kWh/kL.
Stewart, RA, Willis, R, Giurco, D, Panuwatwanich, K & Capati, G 2010, 'Web-based knowledge management system: linking smart metering to the future of urban water planning', Australian Planner, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 66-74.
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The planning of cities and the planning of their water supplies are intertwined. This paper explores the potential role of smart metering for the future of water planning and management in Australian cities. Smart meters for electricity are being rolled out nationally, and while smart meters for water are not yet being implemented at such a scale, they have the capacity to deliver increasing data to planners and residents about patterns of water use. To translate these data to useful information, a Web-Based Knowledge Management System (WBKMS) is proposed that integrates smart metering, end-use water consumption data, wireless communication networks and information management systems in order to provide real-time information on how, when and where water is being consumed for the consumer and utility. Summary data from the system will also be of interest to architects, developers and planners, seeking to understand water consumption patterns across stratified urban samples. An overview of the challenges for developing the WBKMS and an associated research agenda to address current knowledge gaps concludes the paper. © 2010 Planning Institute Australia.
Turner, A, Fyfe, J, Retamal, M, White, S & Coates, A 2010, 'SEQ's one to one water savings program', Water, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 82-91.
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This paper provides an overview of the innovative One to One Water Savings Program implemented in the South East Queensland (SEQ) region of Australia in 2007. The program aimed to assist households classified as high water users (HWUs) to reduce their water demand during the worst drought on record. The program consisted of sending out a survey to over 79,000 HWUs using more than 800 L/household/day (L/hh/d) and for those that completed the survey, a personalised plan was provided on how to save water. The program had a unique combination of: a very large sample size (over 70,000 respondents); access to individual customer water meter readings; and availability of detailed household survey responses on water using practices. Due to this unique combination it was possible to investigate the suite of reasons why HWUs have above average water consumption. It was also possible to analyse how HWUs could save water to inform future water saving policy initiatives. The analysis outlined in this paper draws on an extremely important water usage dataset, of a size that has never been collated and analysed before in Australia. The research is of significant importance at a regional, national and international level and will be of significant interest to those water resource managers facing a drought situation and those involved in water forecasting and demand management interested in understanding how water is being used and could be saved.
Turner, AJ, Fyfe, J, Retamal, ML, White, S & Coates, A 2010, 'SEQ's One to One Water Savings Programme', Water, vol. 37, no. 1 (February), pp. 82-91.
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Willetts, J, Halcrow, G, Carrard, N, Rowland, C & Crawford, J 2010, 'Addressing two critical MDGs together: gender in water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives', PACIFIC ECONOMIC BULLETIN, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 162-176.
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Increasing access to water, sanitation and hygiene education and advancing gender equality are critical issues for Pacific island nations. This article proposes that water, sanitation and hygiene issues and gender equality can be constructively addressed together, with the former three providing an entry point for the latter.
Willetts, J, Halcrow, G, Carrard, N, Rowland, C & Crawford, J 2010, 'Addressing two critical MDGs together: Gender in water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives', Pacific Economic Bulletin, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 211-221.
Zhao, M, Florin, NH & Harris, AT 2010, 'Mesoporous supported cobalt catalysts for enhanced hydrogen production during cellulose decomposition', APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, vol. 97, no. 1-2, pp. 142-150.
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Two groups of cobalt (Co) catalysts, supported on SBA-15 and MCM-41, respectively, were prepared by incipient wetness impregnation and tested for their influence on the thermal decomposition of acetyl cellulose. γ-Al2O3 supported Co catalysts were investigated as a comparison. A thermogravimetric analyser coupled with a mass spectrometer (TG-MS) was used to examine the influence of catalyst loading, support material and the presence of additional water vapour on H2 production and selectivity. Normalization of the raw MS data enabled semi-quantitative analysis of the product gas distribution, which facilitated reliable comparison between different experimental conditions. Catalysts were characterized by physisorption, chemisorption, TGA, XRD, SEM and TEM. SBA-15 and MCM-41 supported catalysts significantly elevated the yield and selectivity of H2, under dry Ar and with the injection of additional water vapour, when compared with the γ-Al2O3 support. 15 wt.%Co/SBA-15 and 10 wt.%Co/MCM-41 were identified as the most active catalysts from the two groups with indicative yields of 202 and 303 ml H2/g cellulose, respectively. The 10 wt.%Co/MCM-41 catalyst gave with the highest H2 selectivity reaching 21.7% of the dry product gas. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Ziervogel, G, Johnston, P, Matthew, M & Mukheibir, P 2010, 'Using climate information for supporting climate change adaptation in water resource management in South Africa', Climatic Change, vol. 103, no. 3, pp. 537-554.
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Water resources, and in particular run-off, are significantly affected by climate variability. At present, there are few examples of how the water management sector integrates information about changing intra-annual climate conditions in a systematic manner in developing countries. This paper, using the case study of Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa, identifies processes and products to facilitate increased uptake of seasonal climate forecasts among water resource managers. Results suggest that existing seasonal forecasts do not focus enough on specific users' needs. In order to increase uptake, forecasts need to include information on the likely impact of precipitation variability on runoff and water availability. More opportunities are also needed for those with climate knowledge to interact with water resource managers, particularly in the developing country context where municipal managers' capacity is strained. Although there are challenges that need to be overcome in using probabilistic climate information, seasonal forecast information tailored to the needs of water resource planners has the potential to support annual planning and is therefore a means of adapting to climate change. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Ziervogel, G, Johnston, P, Matthew, M & Mukheibir, P 2010, 'Using climate information for supporting climate change adaptation in water resource management in South Africa', CLIMATIC CHANGE, vol. 103, no. 3-4, pp. 537-554.
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Water resources, and in particular run-off, are significantly affected by climate variability. At present, there are few examples of how the water management sector integrates information about changing intra-annual climate conditions in a systematic manner in developing countries. This paper, using the case study of Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa, identifies processes and products to facilitate increased uptake of seasonal climate forecasts among water resource managers. Results suggest that existing seasonal forecasts do not focus enough on specific users needs. In order to increase uptake, forecasts need to include information on the likely impact of precipitation variability on runoff and water availability. More opportunities are also needed for those with climate knowledge to interact with water resource managers, particularly in the developing country context where municipal managers capacity is strained. Although there are challenges that need to be overcome in using probabilistic climate information, seasonal forecast information tailored to the needs of water resource planners has the potential to support annual planning and is therefore a means of adapting to climate change.
Anderson, P, Wonson, J & Dartnall, WJ 1970, 'Rigorous Design Process for a Groundwater Pump for Low-Yield Water Wells: A Case Study', Proceedings of the ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE2010), ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, ASME, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, pp. 1-10.
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Ground-water pumping in remote areas, such as Australian farms, was for many years traditionally done by wind pumps in order to satisfy the needs of stock. Since the 1980's solar pumps of varying designs have become popular for pumping water from farm dams and tube wells. Wind pumps, solar pumps, engine or electric motor driven pumps and even animal/human powered pumps have a future in many remote situations in the world for stock watering, irrigation and for village water supply in developing countries. In these markets there is a wide-spread view that local manufacture of the pumps is preferable, as is well documented in the literature on village water supply in developing countries. Submersible pumps that are either of the multi-stage centrifugal class or that use the progressive cavity principle have increased in popularity in the low well yield environment. However, where well yields are extremely low the efficiency of these pumps also becomes low and oversized pumps of these kinds are often inappropriately applied. Quite often in the low yield situation, tube wells are also oversized in that they are drilled to large diameters and depths so as to provide storage in order to accommodate the water demand requirements of the user. This practice leads to unnecessary deterioration of both pump and well. Designing for low production volume manufacture presents unique challenges for the designer in attempting to design a robust, versatile but cost-effective product. The design challenges include, achievement of: - high efficiency, reliability, longevity, simplicity, versatility with a minimum parts count, and all this at a low cost. A case study is presented in this paper in which the design issues are outlined. A rigorous design process has been applied in this case study.
Anparasan, M, Azrah, A, Vivekananthan, C, Fernando, MARM & Atputharajah, A 1970, 'Energy security concerns of coal power plants in the Sri Lankan electricity system', 2010 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (ICSET), 2010 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (ICSET), IEEE, pp. 1-5.
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Behrisch, JC, Ramirez Jr, M & Giurco, D 1970, 'Application of ecodesign strategies amongst Australian industrial design consultancies', Sustainability in Design: Now! Challenges and Opportunities for Design Research, Education and Practice in the XXI Century. Proceedings of the LeNS Conference, Bangalore, India 29th September to 1st October 2010 (Volume II), Sustainability in Design: NOW! Challenges and Opportunities for Design Research, Education and Practice in the XXI Century., LeNS (the Learning Network on Sustainability), Bangalore, India, pp. 1377-1387.
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By promoting and applying ecologically sustainable design (ecodesign) strategies in the product planning stage, industrial designers can have significant influence on reducing the environmental impacts of products. Despite this potential, there remains little quantitative analysis of the awareness, application and influence of ecodesign praxis amongst industrial designers. This paper presents a comprehensive content analysis of the websites of 96 industrial design (ID) consultancies in Australia, probing for evidences of ecodesign application in each companys capability statement and project portfolios. Our study found that that less than half of consultancies visibly promote their ecodesign activities on websites.
Behrisch, JC, Ramirez Jr, M & Giurco, D 1970, 'The use of ecodesign strategies and tools: state of the art in industrial design praxis. Comparing Australian and German consultancies', Knowledge collaboration & learning for sustainable innovation. Proceedings of the ERSCP-EMSU conference, Delft, The Netherlands, October 25-29, 2010, Knowledge collaboration & learning for sustainable innovation. The 14th European Roundtable on Sustainable Production and Consumption (ERSCP) and The 6th Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities (EMSU), Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology on behalf of, Delft, The Netherlands, pp. 1-22.
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This paper assesses the use of ecologically sustainable design approaches by industrial design (ID) consultancies in Australia and Germany. Whilst much academic research has focussed on the development of ecodesign strategies and tools, it remains unclear to what extent these are actually applied by practitioners. This paper investigates the extent to which design consultancies integrate ecodesign into their services and portfolios and their proactive promotion of sustainable design tools and strategies to their clients. This was achieved through a content analysis of commercial websites of ID consultancies in Australia (n=96) and Germany (n=217). The review criteria included: their general awareness of environmental issues related to product design, the share of ecologically responsible products in their portfolio and the kinds of sustainable design expertise that they advertise. The paper concludes that the majority of ID companies in Germany and in Australia do not appear to actively practice ecodesign. Nevertheless, amongst those that were found to practice ecodesign, a broad range of ecodesign strategies is visible; selection of low impact materials was the most prominent strategy used in Australia while reduction of impact during use was most common in Germany. Industrial design consultancies have significant potential to foster ecodesign implementation. A major barrier for ecodesign appears to be the lack of marketing arguments for ecodesign on the behalf of the consultancies. The legislative framework in Germany, often seen as progressive for ecodesign appears to have minor impact on the extent ID consultancies take up ecodesign.
Boydell, S, Giurco, D, Rickwood, P, Glazebrook, G, Zeibots, M & White, S 1970, 'Using an Integrated Assessment Model for Urban Development to Respond to Climate Change in Cities', ENERGY EFFICIENT CITIES: ASSESSMENT TOOLS AND BENCHMARKING PRACTICES, Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme's Sessions/5th World Bank Urban Research Symposium on Cities and Climate Change - Responding to an Urgent Agenda, WORLD BANK INST, Marseille, FRANCE, pp. 85-111.
Boydell, S, Giurco, D, Rickwood, P, Glazebrook, GJ, Zeibots, ME & White, S 1970, 'Energy Efficient Cities', Energy Efficient Cities: Assessment tools and benchmarking practices, Urban Research Symposium, The World Bank, Marseille, France, pp. 65-91.
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This chapter describes an integrated assessment model for city-scale urban development that links the energy used in passenger transport (public and private) and residential in-house energy use. The model divides the urban region into disjoint subregions, the core of the model being centered on residential location choice, which is calibrated by population, demographic characteristics, and building types, leading to preferences for each subregion based on household type. Submodels are subsequently used to calibrate different rates of energy in accordance with household and demographic factors.THis generates a picture of consumption patterns across the metropolitan area, enabling an appreciation of spatially heterogenous factors such as differing levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, alongside variations in the distribution of infrastructures that can create considerable variation in energy consumption between districts within cities. The energy impacts of policy decisions that affect, by way of example, where new housing is to be built and of what type, can then be simulated. The workings of the model are demonstrated in the chapter using data on Sydney, Australia, as a case study, with the research offering a policy scenario to city officials to monitor its progress towards a 2030 vision for a sustainable Sydney.
Cordell, DJ 1970, 'Peak phosphorus: sustainable management of a critical resource for global food production', Proceedings of the International Forum for Adaptability Science II: Technologies for a Sustainable Society, International Forum for Adaptability Science II: Technologies for a Sustainable Society, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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Session 2, Sustainable agriculture under biotic and abiotic environmental changes
Cordell, DJ & Neset, TS 1970, 'Peak phosphorus: global phosphoros scarcity and sustainable pathways to future food security', CropWorld Congress and Exhibition, CropWorld Global 2010, UBM, London, UK.
Cordell, DJ & White, S 1970, 'Pathways to Phosphorus security: the long-term perspective', Phosphates 2010: Fertilizers, Industrial and Feed Phosphate Markets, International Conference and Exhibition - Phosphates 2010: Fertilizers, Industrial and Feed Phosphate Markets, British Sulphur Events, Brussels, Belgium.
Dartnall, WJ, Reizes, J, Anstis, G & ASME 1970, 'SHOULD ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS INCLUDE A SIMPLIFIED TREATMENT OF ITS UNDERLYING MOLECULAR BASIS?', IMECE2009, VOL 6, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, ASME, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, pp. 549-558.
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Engineering Thermodynamics is commonly treated at undergraduate level as 'classical thermodynamics and its applications'. Recent publications, using one dimensional simulations employing hard spheres have proposed ways to obtain the laws of thermodynamics. These models help to explain the state laws, the limitation of the Carnot cycle relationship as well as difficult concepts like entropy. The models, although deterministic, are able to demonstrate the probabilistic behaviour, normally explained by the mathematically sophisticated derivations of Statistical Mechanics. Is it time to include a simplified, mechanistic explanation of Engineering Thermodynamics by deriving it from its molecular basis? Copyright © 2010 by ASME.
Dartnall, WJ, Revel, A, Giotis, V & ASME 1970, 'AIR-CONDITIONING EMPLOYING INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING CAN BE SHOWN TO DERIVE ITS ENERGY FROM THE SOLAR SOURCE', IMECE2009, VOL 6, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, ASME, Florida, USA, pp. 575-580.
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This paper explains how Indirect Evaporative Cooling (IEC) uses water as a refrigerant. This water refrigerant may be seen as part of the rain cycle, whereby the environment (not a heat pump) returns water as the refrigerant to the system after re-conden
Fam, D, Mitchell, C & Abeysuria, K 1970, 'Institutional Challenges to System Innovation in Wastewater Management – The Case of Urine Diversion in Sweden', Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, Cities of The Future 2010, Water Environment Federation, Marriott hotel, Boston, USA, pp. 871-888.
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Fane, SA, Turner, AJ & Smith, P 1970, 'Integrated resource planning in a changing environment: new resources for the Australian water industry', Proceedings of OzWater'10: Achieving Water Security, OzWater'10: Achieving Water Security, Australian Water Association (AWA), Brisbane, Australia.
Florin, N, Blamey, J, Al-Jeboori, M & Fennell, PS 1970, 'Modification of CaO-based sorbent: current work at Imperial College London', IEA High Temperature Solids Looping, Amsterdam.
Fyfe, J, Abeysuriya, K, Glassmire, J & Mitchell, CA 1970, 'Centralised or decentralised? Environmental assessment of distributed wastewater treatment and reuse infrastructure options for a new land release', Proceedings of OzWater'10: Achieving Water Security, OzWater'10: Achieving Water Security, Australian Water Association (AWA), Brisbane, Australia.
Giurco, D, Prior, TD, Mason, LM & Mudd, GM 1970, 'Peak minerals: mapping sustainability issues at local and national scales', Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sustainability Engineering and Science, International Conference on Sustainability Engineering and Science, The New Zealand Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science, Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 1-10.
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Peak minerals adopts the Hubbert metaphor for peak oil to highlight issues associated with initial mining of `cheaper, more accessible and higher quality ores pre-peak, to `lower grade, more remote, complex and expensive ores post-peak. In doing so, it prompts focus on the `services provided by the resource in-use as well as the transition strategy to supply those services following the decline of production post-peak. This paper applies the peak minerals metaphor as a basis for examining the social and environmental implications pre- and post-peak production across spatial scales. Using document review and stakeholder analysis from a National Peak Minerals Forum held in Australia, social and environmental impacts are mapped at local and national scales. This innovative mapping found that currently, consideration is given to local social and environmental issues and global economic issues, however, triple bottom line issues at the national scale are currently overlooked. As minerals resources belong to the people of a nation, this finding will inform future approaches to transition strategies seeking to maximise long term value for the use of the resources.
Harfield, S & Prior, JH 1970, 'A bright new suburbia? G.J. Dusseldorp and the development of the Kingsdene Estate', Green Fields, Brown Fields, New Fields: Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Urban History, Planning History Conference (CD-ROM)., Green Fields, Brown Fields, New Fields: Australasian Urban History, Planning History Conference, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-13.
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While the ongoing development of suburbia in Australia has undoubtebdly seen many key moments, few have been as radical and iconic as that represented by the design and marketing of the Kingsdene Estate in Carlingford, NSW. Initiated by the Lend Lease Corporation under the impetus of founder and managing diretor G.J. Dusseldorp in 1960, and included in the RAIA 20th Century Register of Significant Buildings in September 2006, the Kingsdene Estate marks an important innovation in the history of speculative suburban development from three particular perspectives. Firstly, and responding to the considerable migration rates of the late `50s and early60s, and to the increased demand for home ownership at this time, Dusseldorps intention, though still aimed at the consumer `off-the-peg market, was to go beyond the `standard spec-built house of the period to produce repeatable model houses of superior quality. To this end he employed as his designers a group of young and forward-thinking architects whose work here effectively launched the `project home into the commercial market. Secondly, and from a planning and sub-division perspective, Dusseldorps strategy was based on a strict commitment to rational and testable criteria for the efficient use of land. Finally, and from a marketing perspective, the Kingsdene Estate adopted a campaign that has rarely, if ever, been equalled. Undertaken as a joint venture between the Lend Lease Corporation and Australian Consolidated Press Holdings Pty Ltd (ACP), the developers drew heavily on the resources of The Australian Womens Weekly, The Daily Telegraph and TCN Channel Nine to offer blanket publicity for the venture. Drawing on a range of contemporary newspaper and magazine sources, and on unpublished interviews with key protagonists conducted by Mr Geoff Ferris-Smith in the early `90s, the paper explores the unique combination of these three key strategies in the making of a major Sydney suburban subdivision.
Herriman, J & Atherton, AM 1970, 'World Wide Views on Global Warming: A global citizens engagement process on climate change', Advancing a Sustainable Future for the Indian Ocean for the Indian Ocean South Asia Research Network (ISOARN), University of Technology, Sydney.
Kent, JC, McGee, CM, Herriman, J & Riedy, C 1970, 'A tough social challenge and a diabolical policy challenge', Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Social dimensions of environmental change and governance, Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Social dimensions of environmental change and governance, Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, Berlin.
Kent, JC, McGee, CM, Herriman, J & Riedy, C 1970, 'Participation and deliberation: could deliberative processes empower civil society participation in climate governance?', Proceedings of Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change 2010, Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Social dimensions of environmental change and governance, Environmental Policy Research Centre, Freie Universitat, Berlin and German Development Institute, Berlin, Germany, pp. 1-16.
Kilham, S & Willetts, JR 1970, 'Transdisciplinary Research: a new opportunity for understanding Timor-Leste', Understanding Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste Studies Association's Understanding Timor-Leste: A Research Conference, Swinburne Press, Dili, Timor-Leste, pp. 335-340.
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This paper will provide a broad overview of transdisciplinary research, wicked problems and the potential opportunities that may be associated with using a transdisciplinary approach in Timor-Leste. To illustrate the potential challenges of conducting research in Timor-Leste, and the potential benefits of a transdisciplinary framework, the authors use one of the author`s research topic of Social Sustainability in Biofuel Production: a study of Timor-Leste and Brazil to provide examples and illustrate points.
McArdle, P, Gleeson, J, Hammond, T, Heslop, E, Holden, R & Kuczera, G 1970, 'Centralised Urban Stormwater Harvesting for Potable Reuse', IWA World Water Congress, Montreal, Canada.
McKibbin, JL, Inman, M & Turner, AJ 1970, 'ISDP: a new national tool for integrated water resource planning', Ozwater '10: Australia's National Water Conference and Exhibition, Ozwater '10: Australia's National Water Conference and Exhibition, Australia Water Association (AWA), Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1-8.
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This paper reviews recent research undertaken to extend the integrated Supply-Demand Planning (iSDP) model, a tool developed by the Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, and the CSIRO together with water utilities across Australia. The research seeks to provide a transparent, open-source tool to assist urban water resource planners nationally. This paper reviews the role of the model and details several novel developments. These include an integrated analysis of wastewater, energy, nutrient and greenhouse gas flows, facility for testing alternative scenarios, a series of outputs for assessing the impact of alternative strategies, and an embedded library of region-specific assumptions and references.
Mitchell, C & Willetts, J 1970, 'Co-creating New Guidance Materials For Supervising Inter- and Transdisciplinary Postgraduate Research Students', Quality in Postgraduate Research Conference, Adelaide.
Mitchell, C, Abeysuriya, K, Willetts, J & Fam, D 1970, 'Enabling Decentralized Urban Sewage Infrastructure by Facilitating Successful Organizations to Provide Long-Term Management', Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, Cities of the Future 2010, Water Environment Federation, Marriott Hotel, Boston, USA, pp. 531-546.
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Mukheibir, P 1970, 'Less water loss: An integrated approach for small water supply systems', Proceedings of OzWater'10, OzWater'10, Australian Water Association (AWA), Brisbane, Australia.
Neset, TS & Cordell, DJ 1970, 'Phosphorus and global food security: a synthesis', Proceedings from the International Workshop on Phosphorus and Global Food Security, International Workshop on Phosphorus and Global Food Security, Department of Thematic Studies - Water and Environmental Studies, Linkoping University, Sweden, Linkoping University, Sweden, pp. 1-58.
Prior, JH & Harfield, S 1970, 'Urban purity and danger: the turbulence associated with contamination in suburban Australia', Green Fields, Brown Fields, New Fields: Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Urban History, Planning History Conference (CD-ROM)., Green Fields, Brown Fields, New Fields: Australasian Urban History, Planning History Conference, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-15.
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The rapid growth of Australian cities throughout the 19th and 20th centuries saw the emergence of a long-running tension between processes of urbanisation and industrialisation. Urbanisation is characterised by an increase in the number of people who chose to call the city their home. In this case, simultaneous industrialisation provided new residents with much-needed employment whilst locating noxious and polluting industries on their doorstep. This paper presents findings from an Australian research project that investigates how residential communities experience and perceive industrial contamination that modern urban planning has so vehemently sought to protect them from. It presents evidence on how such contamination can disrupt, challenge or completely invert the way in which residents approach their neighbourhood and home. This research addresses a gap in the literature, analysing the topic within the Australian context. This paper presents findings from a random telephone survey conducted with 400 suburban residents in the North Lake Macquarie area of New South Wales (NSW), living in proximity of industry, including a lead and zinc smelter. This research expands on the existing literature of Edelstein and others, to explore the psychosocial turbulence that emerges when the lifescape of suburban neighbourhoods in the Australia are contaminated by the toxicity of industries in this case the smelter has contaminated both the industrial land itself and the surrounding suburbs. Lifescape can be broadly defined to describe the individual habits and collective behaviour and assumptions that make up everyday life in local areas. Psychosocial turbulence extends from potential effects on peoples patterns of living, activities and relationships, through to their sense of health, security and safety, and their feeling of personal control.
Prior, TD, Daly, JG & Giurco, D 1970, 'Resourcing the future: foresight to secure long-term national benefit from Australia's minerals', International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) 11th Biennial Conference, ISEE Conference 2010: Advancing Sustainability in a Time of Crisis, International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), Oldenburg/Bremen, Germany, pp. 1-25.
Prior, TD, Giurco, D, Mudd, GM, Mason, LM & Behrisch, JC 1970, 'Resource depletion, peak minerals and the implications for sustainable resource management', International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) 11th Biennial Conference, ISEE Conference 2010: Advancing Sustainability in a Time of Crisis, International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), Oldenburg/Bremen, Germany, pp. 1-20.
Riedy, C 1970, 'Change the message or change the people? The role of translation and transformation in an Integral climate change response', Enacting an Integral Future: 2nd Biennial Integral Theory Conference, Enacting an Integral Future: 2nd Biennial Integral Theory Conference, John F. Kennedy University and Integral Institute, Pleasant Hill, California, USA.
Riedy, C 1970, 'Integral thinking and climate change policy: Four sketches from Down Under', Integral Education and Ecology Seminar, Mount Madonna, California.
Riedy, C 1970, 'My vision of a zero carbon future', Tipping Point, Sydney.
Riedy, C & Sankaran, S 1970, 'Identifying sustainable futures: Threats to Indian Ocean sustainability and possible responses', Indian Ocean and South Asia Research Network (IOSARN) Conference, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
Willetts, JR & Carrard, NR 1970, 'Decision making for sustainable infrastructure in the context of rapid urbanisation: A case study of Can Tho, Vietnam', Advancing a sustainable future: strategies for cross-disciplinary practice around the Indian Ocean, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
Willetts, JR, Carrard, NR, Retamal, ML, Mitchell, CA, Nguyen, H, Nguyen, DGN & Paddon, M 1970, 'Cost-effectiveness analysis as a methodology to compare sanitation options in peri-urban Can Tho, Vietnam', Pumps, Pipes and Promises. Costs, Finances and Accountability for Sustainable WASH Services. A collection of papers from the IRC Symposium 2010., IRC WASH Cost Symposium, IRC (International Water and Sanitation Centre), Den Haag, Netherlands, pp. 144-159.
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It is challenging to make decisions about sanitation scale and technology choice for urban areas, however costing analyses have an important role to play in assisting determination of the most appropriate systems for a given context. The most appropriate technological system is the one that finds a locally acceptable balance between social (e.g., public health) outcomes, environmental (e.g., pollution, resource use and resource recovery) outcomes, and financial and economic outcomes (i.e. the costs and benefits for individuals, public and private organisations, and local society). There are many costing methods available. This paper describes the use of a cost-effectiveness analysis built on integrated resource planning principles. This method is suited to situations where the overall goal is already clear (in this case, that a wastewater service is required) and the analysis is conducted to identify the least cost solution to reach this goal. This costing method was used in conjunction with a deliberative sustainability assessment process that addressed non-monetary factors. The paper outlines the analytical approach adopted in the cost analysis as well as providing detailed discussion of the many decisions inherent in undertaking such an analysis
Asker, SA, Boronyak, LJ, Carrard, NR & Paddon, M Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre 2010, Effective community based tourism: a best practice manual, Gold Coast, Australia.
Cordell, DJ Linkoping University Press 2010, The story of Phosphorus: sustainability implications of global phosphorus scarcity for food security (Doctoral thesis), pp. 1-220, Linkoping, Sweden.
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The story of phosphorus began with the search for the philosopher's stone, and centuries later the critical role of phosphorus in soil fertility and crop growth was highlighted. Eventually, phosphorus was implicated in the global environmental challenge of eutrophication. Now, we are on the brink of yet another emerging chapter in the story: global phosphorus scarcity linked to food security. Through a transdisciplinary and systemic inquiry, this thesis has analyzed, reconceptualized and synthesized the physical and institutional dimensions of global phosphorus scarcity in the context of food security, leading to a new framing, `phosphorus securityï½ to guide future work towards a more sustainable and food secure pathway.
Daly, JG, Glassmire, J, Langham, E & Paddon, M Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre 2010, Clean technology applications in tourism accommodation, pp. 1-184, Griffith.
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This manual provides information and guidance on clean energy technologies and approaches for tourist accommodation. The main goal in producing the manual is to promote clean energy in small to medium accommodation establishments and to assist the future development of regional and rural accommodation in APEC economies. The overall aim is to raise awareness among APEC economies about the opportunities for application and use of clean energy.
Daly, JG, Glassmire, J, Langham, E & Paddon, M Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre 2010, Clean technology in tourist accommodation: a best practice manual, Gold Coast, Australia.
Dovey, C, McGee, CM, Milne, GR & Lederwasch, AJ Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Points of sale and lease for residential buildings: Preparing for mandatory disclosure, pp. 1-111, Sydney.
Dunstan, C & Langham, E Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Close to home: potential benefits of decentralised energy for NSW electricity consumers, pp. 1-46, Sydney, Australia.
Dunstan, C, Ross, K, Rutovitz, J & Crossley, D Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Improving energy efficiency in the national electricity market: final report, pp. 1-78, Sydney, Australia.
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This report discusses twelve reform options that would drive or support a step-change improvement in energy efficiency in Australia by 2020. The reform options are a mix of policy, structural and regulatory reform.
Fane, SA, White, S & Retamal, ML Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Response to Hunter Water's submission to the Department of Planning regarding its application to build a dam at Tillegra on the Williams River, Sydney, Australia.
Gero, A, Meheux, K & Dominey-Howes, D Australian Tsunami Research Centre and Natural Hazards Research Laboratory, University of New South 2010, Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Pacific: The challenge of integration. ATRC-NHRL Miscellaneous Report 4, pp. 1-68, Sydney, Australia.
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Integrating community based disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) is identified at the policy and practical level as crucial to aid effectiveness. Successful integration reduces both duplication of efforts and confusion at the community level. This research focuses on Pacific community based DRR and CCA initiatives, and draws upon the knowledge and insight of key stakeholders from multiple backgrounds to develop an understanding of the current status of DRR and CCA in the region. Additional understanding is gained through detailed case studies of current projects in Fiji and Samoa which highlight the challenges and best practice methods used to integrate DRR and CCA in current community based projects.
Giurco, D & Prior, TD Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, National Peak Minerals Forum: Summary and future directions, pp. 1-6, Sydney.
Giurco, D, Brennan, T & Mason, LM Institute for Sustainable Futures, ISF 2010, Assessment of opportunities to develop a market for polypropylene textiles, Sydney.
Giurco, D, Prior, TD, Mudd, GM, Mason, LM & Behrisch, JC Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS & Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University 2010, Peak Minerals in Australia: a review of changing impacts and benefits, Sydney, Australia.
Giurco, D, Turner, AJ, Boyle, TM & White, S Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Central Highlands Water demand management - future options and strategies, pp. 1-38, Sydney, Australia.
Halcrow, G, Rowland, C, Willetts, JR, Crawford, J & Carrard, NR International Women's Development Agency (IWDA) and Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Working effectively with women and men in water, sanitation and hygiene programs: Learnings from research on gender outcomes from rural water, sanitation and hygiene projects in Vanuatu and Fiji, pp. 1-68, Sydney, Australia.
Langham, E, Dunstan, C, Walgenwitz, G, Denvir, P, Lederwasch, AJ & Lander, J Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS and Energetics 2010, Building Our Savings: Reduced infrastructure costs from improving building energy efficiency, pp. 1-146, Sydney, Australia.
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Meeting Australia's energy needs sustainably will be a major challenge for the next decade. Electricity consumption is forecast to increase by over 20 percent in the next 10 years, while peak electrical demand is increasing even more rapidly, with almost 30 percent growth forecast from 2010 to 2020. Natural gas consumption is forecast to rise by almost 50 percent and gas peak demand is set to increase by around 40 percent by 2020. An unprecedented level of energy sector capital expenditure has been proposed to meet this growth in total and peak demand. Over $46 billion in electricity network infrastructure alone is planned over just the next five years. Electricity generation and gas infrastructure will add significantly to this figure. This unprecedented expenditure is resulting in dramatic increases in consumer energy tariffs
Mitchell, CA & Ross, KE Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Development of the SIG RAMSI People's Survey. Results from Objective 1: idenitification of survey questions, pp. 1-94, Sydney, Australia.
Mitchell, CA, Fam, DM & Cordell, DJ Water Environment Research Foundation 2010, Effectively managing the transition towards restorative futures in the sewage industry: a phosphorus case study p.84-97 in 'Water Sustainability and International Innovation: The Baltimore Charter - A Transformation in Managing Water', pp. 83-96, Vermont, USA.
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The water and sewage industry globally is at a transformation point. Whilst infrastructure is ageing, pressures are increasing and expectations are shifting towards quite different kinds of outcomes, including restorative futures that have a net positive impact. There is a growing realization that conventional approaches will struggle to deliver these kinds of outcomes, so new approaches are necessary. The emerging field of transition management offers some guidance for how to strategically manage a transition toward a restorative future. Phosphate scarcity will be a significant pressure and opportunity for new forms of sewage management in the medium term, so phosphorus recovery from sewage makes a particularly interesting case study for applying transition thinkin
Mohr, SH, Mudd, GM & Giurco, D Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS and Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University 2010, Lithium resources and production: A critical global assessment, pp. 1-107, Sydney.
Murta, J 2010, The challenge of sustainable rural water supply: A case-study in East Timor.
Plant, R, Chong, J, Prior, JH & Boydell, S 2010, Value-based land remediation: Improved decision-making for contaminated land. Discussion Paper, CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, Adelaide, Australia.
Riedy, C Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, UTS energy bill projections and renewable energy options: Discussion paper, Sydney.
Riedy, C & Ross, K Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Rebound effects in residential heating and cooling improvements: Literature review, Sydney.
Riedy, C, Herriman, J, Partridge, EY, Dovey, C, McGee, CM, Atherton, AM & Daly, JG Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Household behaviour change in Queensland: Literature review and recommendations, pp. 1-186, Sydney.
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Effective behaviour change by householders will be crucial if the Queensland government is to meet its Towards Q2 target to cut the State's carbon footprint by one third through reductions in electricity use, fuel consumption and waste to landfill. The Institute was commissioned to conduct research into the potential of behaviour change policies by the Premier's Council on Climate Change (PCCC). This advisory council, chaired by the Premier, provides high-level advice to the Queensland Government on climate change response. After examining contemporary theory and practice relating to effective behaviour change policy, Institute researchers made specific recommendations for behaviour change initiatives that can be implemented in Queensland. The report identifies key points of intervention in the activities that generate household greenhouse gas emissions. These include both new and revised actions that are supported by evidence from behaviour change theory and are applicable to Queensland. The PCCC prepared a working paper including recommendations based on the Institute's research, which is currently with the Queensland government for consideration.
Rutovitz, J Greenpeace Africa 2010, South African energy sector jobs to 2030: How the Energy [R]evolution will create sustainable green job, pp. 1-40, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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The Energy [R]evolution scenario published by Greenpeace International and the European Renewable Energy Council sets out a vision for a low-carbon energy future for South Africa (RSA) and compares it to a scenario derived from the International Energy Agency (IEA) 2007 energy projection for Africa (IEA 2007) the `IEA Reference case. The South African Government has also published a set of energy scenarios, including a `Growth Without Constraints (GWC) scenario1, which is commonly regarded as a reference case for the country. The GWC scenario was designed to reflect South Africas energy future in the absence of climate change, with no oil constraints, and if no effort was made to internalise externalities (Scenario Building Team 2007). This report presents an analysis of the energy sector job creation associated with the three scenarios to 2030: the Energy [R]evolution, the IEA Reference case, and the Growth Without Constraints scenario. Only direct employment is calculated, including jobs in fuel production, manufacturing, construction, and operations and maintenance. Energy efficiency jobs associated with reducing the need for electricity, and jobs associated with coal exports are also calculated.
Rutovitz, J & Usher, J Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Methodology for calculating energy sector jobs, Sydney, Australia.
Schroder, JJ, Cordell, DJ, Smit, BL & Rosemarin, A Plant Research International 2010, Sustainable use of phosphorus, pp. 1-140, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen.
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Teske, S, Zervos, A, Lins, C & Muth, J Greenpeace 2010, Energy [R] evolution: Towards a Fully Renewable Energy Supply in the EU 27.
Turner, AJ, Retamal, ML, White, S, Palfreeman, L & Panikkar, A The Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation in assoc. with the Institute for Sustainable Futures 2010, Third party evaluation of Wide Bay Water smart metering and sustainable water pricing initiative project.
Turner, AJ, Willetts, JR, Fane, SA, Giurco, D, Chong, J, Kazaglis, A & White, S Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) 2010, Guide to Demand Management and Integrated Resource Planning (update on original 2008 Guide), pp. 1-174, Sydney, Australia.
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This Guide lays out a way to undertake urban water planning, using a consistent framework, which creates benefits for the whole community. It was originally developed by the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney for the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) and has been updated with the support of the Australian Governments National Water Commission (NWC). The Guide is intended for both WSAA members and the broader Australian water industry
Usher, J, Riedy, C, Milne, GR & Rutovitz, J Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Carbon capture and storage in perspective, Sydney.
White, S, Cordell, DJ & Moore, DD Institute for Sustainable Futures 2010, Securing a sustainable phosphorus future for Australia: implications of global phosphorus scarcity and possible solutions, pp. 1-47, University of Technology, Sydney.
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Food production is fundamentally dependent on inputs of key natural resources, including water, energy and nutrients. Meeting the needs of a growing world population means agricultural fields will need to expand or intensify, either way requiring more fertilisers, including phosphorus (FAO, 2006). Unlike energy and water resources, there is very little discussion, research and policies that addresses long-term availability and accessibility of phosphorus for global food production. Yet the worlds main source of phosphorus phosphate rock is declining in both quantity and quality. Indeed, peak phosphorus is anticipated in the coming decades, after which demand will exceed suppl
Willetts, JR, Carrard, NR, Retamal, ML, Nguyen, DGN, Paddon, M, Do, XTD, Nguyen, HTT & Mitchell, CA Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Cost effectiveness and sustainability of sanitation options: A case study of South Can Tho - Technical Report, pp. 1-49, Sydney, Australia.
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The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF), from the University of Technology Sydney, in collaboration with Can Tho University (CTU) and Can Tho Water Supply and Sewerage Company (WSSC) completed a 2-year collaborative research project assessing the wastewater infrastructure options for Can Tho City. The comparison of alternatives was made on the basis of cost-effectiveness and on the relative sustainability of the options, as determined through a participatory stakeholder sustainability assessment process with several government agencies in Can Tho.
Willetts, JR, Carrard, NR, Retamal, ML, Nguyen, DGN, Paddon, M, Do, XTD, Nguyen, HTT & Mitchell, CA Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS 2010, Selecting sanitation options: A case study of South Can Tho - Technical report, pp. 1-50, Sydney, Australia.
Drangert, J & Cordell, DJ 2010, 'Module 5.1. Phosphorus: food security and food for thought (learning material for training of professionals in the sanitation and water sector).', Swedish Uni of Agricultural Sceinces, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control and Vatema, Sweden, pp. 1-13.
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A sourcebook and a set of powerpoints. Support material for training of professionals in the sanitation and water sector.
