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Professor Rebekah Brown

Professor Rebekah Brown

Rebekah Brown is a Professor in the School of Geography and Environmental Science, and a Director of Monash University’s Centre for Water Sensitive Cities where she leads interdisciplinary research focused at the interface between society and technology. With a PhD (2003) in Environmental Studies and a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (1994), she specialises in sustainable urban water management, adaptive environmental governance and socio-technical transitions. Rebekah led the former National Urban Water Governance Program at Monash between 2005 and 2009, partnered by twelve water management organisations across Australia. This was the first Australian program dedicated to urban water governance research the Urban Water Governance program is now a major research theme of the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities.

Teaching | Current Research | Curriculum Vitae | Publications | Urban Water Governance Program

Teaching

ATS3281 Cultural landscapes, environment and sustainability in Italy
APG4425 / APG4425APG5425 Perspectives on Environment and Sustainability
APG4427 / APG5427 Fronters in Sustainability and Environment

Current Research

Rebekah has published over 60 scholarly papers, led a number of national research projects focused on the issue of transforming conventional urban water management, and attracted over $14M in research grants over the last five years. An overview of her current urban water governance research projects available at: www.watersensitivecities.org.au

Key Research Areas:

  • adaptive water resources management
  • socio-technical transitions
  • environmental governance
  • organisational assessment and development
  • environmental public policy and administration

Research Team

Dr Meredith Dobbie, Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Dr Hans De Haan, Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Dr Megan Farrelly, Research Fellow

Ms Rachelle Adamovicz Research Assistant

Ms Katie Brookes, The role of the urban land development organisation in mainstreaming water sensitive urban design

Research Students

Ms Yvette Bettini, Processes and pathways to water sensitive cities (PhD)

Ms Naomi Blackburn, Busy backyarders: The motivations of citizens implementing alternative outdoor water management practices. (PhD)

Ms Annette Bos, Sustainable Urban Water Management: translating governance experiments into practice (PhD)

Ms Briony Ferguson, Transitioning to a Water Sensitive City: the case of Melbourne, (PhD)

Mr Mike Poustie, Transitioning to Sustainable Urban Water Management in Developing Urban Centres in the Pacific Region (PhD - with Civil Engineering)

Mr Jeroen Rijke, Strategies to Enhance Adaptive Governance in the Urban Water Sector, (PhD)

Ms Carlyne Yu, The role of Community Co-Design and Co-Management for Decentralised Urban Water Systems. (PhD)

Past Research Students

Dr Susan van de Meene, Innovating an Institutional Capacity Assessment Framework for Advancing Sustainable Urban Water Governance (PhD 2010)

Dr Peter Morison, Management of Urban Stormwater: Advancing Program Design and Evaluation (PhD 2010)

Dr Andre Taylor, Sustainable Water Management: Champion Phenomenon. (PhD 2010)

 Mr Jeroen Rijke, Mainstreaming innovations in urban water management: Case studies in Melbourne and the Netherlands
(Masters 2008 - with Delft University of Technology)

Ms Lara Werbelof, Realising 'Security through Diversity' In the Urban Water Sector (Honours 2008)

Mr Richard Roberts, Alternative Water Sources: The keys to unlocking the inhibitors of innovation and diffusion in metropolitan Melbourne (Honours 2007)

Ms Jodi Clarke, Understanding influences on domestic water consumption within Bayside Melbourne (Honours 2005)

Ms Megan Coppock, Advancing sustainable water futures for Melbournb: analysis of expert opinion on structural and non-structural approaches (Honours 2005)

Curriculum Vitae

Prior to her research career, Rebekah worked as a consultant and designed a number of water supply, wastewater and drainage schemes on major infrastructure projects. Some of the higher profile projects include the Yannawa Wastewater Scheme (Thailand), the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (UK) and various projects in preparation for the 2000 Olympic Games (Australia).

Career in Brief

  • 2011 - Current, Professor, Monash University, Australia
  • 2008 – 2010, Associate Professor, Monash University, Australia
  • 2005-2007, Senior Lecturer, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Australia
  • 2002-2004, Lecturer, Institute of Environmental Studies, The University of New South Wales, Australia
  • 1999-2002, Director, Ark Partners Pty Ltd
  • 1995 – 1999, Senior Engineer, Ove Arup & Partners, London
  • 1992-1994, Cadet Engineer, Melbourne Water Corporation

Awards and Professional Distinctions

  • Finalist, 2010 Australian Museum Eureka Prize in Water Research and Innovation.
  • Named as a national leader for Urban + Industrial Water on the 2010 WME Environment and Business Leaders List.
  • Recipient, 2010 Monash University, Faculty of Arts, Dean's Award for Excellence in Innovation and External Collaboration
  • Recipient, 2007 Monash University Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research by an Early Career Researcher
  • Recipient, 2007 Monash University, Faculty of Arts, Dean's Award for Excellence in Research by an Early Career Researcher
  • Recipient, 2006 Australian Stormwater Industry Association, Award for Excellence in Stormwater Community Education, 2006
  • Recipient, 1995 Australian Ove Arup and Partners, Award for Excellence in Engineering Studies
  • Recipient, 1991-1994, Melbourne Water Corporation's Scholarship for Outstanding Performance in Engineering Studies

International Scientific Keynote Addresses:

  • Brown (2009). 'The Role of Actors in Shaping Transitions' to the 9th Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, December, 2009, Amsterdam
  • Brown (2009). 'Adaptive Governance for Urban Water Extremes' to the 1stInternational Conference on Urban Flood Management, November 2009, Paris.
  • Brown (2009). Transitioning to the Water Sensitive City: Reflections on the Australian Experience, Singapore International Water Week Convention (Singapore), 22-26 June, 2009, Singapore.
  • Brown (2009). Urban Water Reform Across Australia: The Influence of Multiple Communities of Practice, the 6th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference: Water Sensitive Cities and Citizens (Perth), 5-8 May, 2009, Perth.
  • Brown (2007). The Water Sensitive City: How to Enable Change?, The 5th South Pacific Stormwater Conference 15th – 18th May, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Brown (2005). Implementation Impediments to Institutionalising the Practice of Sustainable Urban Water Management, The 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage, 22-26 August, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Brown (2004). Local Institutional Development and Organisational Change for Advancing Sustainable Urban Water Futures, The 3rd International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design: Cities as Catchments, 21-25 November, Adelaide, Australia.

Publications (since 2005 only)

Please email me if you are seeking a copy of any of the below publications.

2011

  • Brown, R.R (2011). 'A changing paradigm: the socio-technical challenge', In Howe, C., and Mitchell, C. (Eds.), Water Sensitive Cities, International Water Association, Chapter 1, ISBN: 9781843393641.
  • Farrelly, M.A., and Brown, R.R. (2011). Rethinking urban water management: experimentation as a way forward? Global Environmental Change. 21(2): 721-732
  • van de Meene, S., Brown, R.R, and Farrelly, M.A. (2011). Towards Understanding Governance for Sustainable Urban Water Management, Global Environmental Change. 21(3): 1117-1127
  • Taylor, A., Cocklin, C., Brown, R.R., & Wilson-Evered, E. (2011). An Investigation of Champion-Driven Leadership Processes. The Leadership Quarterly. 22: 412-433
  • Wong T.H.F and Brown, R.R. (2011). 'Water Sensitive Urban Design', In Grafton, Q., and Hussey, K. (Eds.), 'Water Resources, Planning and Management: Challenges and Solutions', Cambridge University Press, Chapter 23, ISBN-13: 9780521762588.
  • Brown R.R, Ashley R.A. and Farrelly M. A (in press). Political and Professional Agency Entrapment: an agenda for urban water research, Water Resources Management, (Accepted 05/07/11)
  • Werbeloff, L and Brown R. (in press). Security Through Diversity: Moving From Rhetoric to Practice, Water Science and Technology. Accepted 15/12/10.
  • Werbeloff, L and Brown R. (in press). Working towards Sustainable Urban Water Management: the Vulnerability Blind Spot, Water Science and Technology, Accepted 24/4/11
  • Ferguson B, Brown R.R, and Deletic A. (submitted). Towards a socio-technical framework for mapping and diagnosing transformational dynamics in urban water systems, Global Environmental Change, 23/05/11.
  • RijkeJ, Brown R, Zevenbergen C, Ashley R, Farrelly M, Morison, P and van Herk, S (submitted). Fit-for-purpose governance: a framework to make adaptive governance operational, Environmental Science & Policy, submitted (20/07/11).
  • Taylor, A., Cocklin, C. and Brown R.R (submitted). Fostering environmental champions: A process to build their capacity to drive change, Journal of Environmental Management, Submitted 20/08/11.
  • Ferguson B, Brown R.R, and Deletic A. (submitted). Planning for Transformative Change in Urban Water Systems: Transitions, Resilience and Institutional Thinking, Global Environmental Change, Submitted (20/08/11)
  • Farrelly, M.A, and Brown, R.R. (submitted). Making the implicit, explicit: time for renegotiating the urban water supply hydrosocial contract?? Society and Natural Resources. Submitted (30/08/11)
  • Bos, J.J. and Brown, R.R, (submitted). The emergence and evolution of a governance transition: an urban water case-study Global Environmental Change, Submitted (20/08/11)
  • Dobbie, M. and Brown, R. (in press). Risk perceptions of water practitioners towards sustainable urban water systems. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, 11-16 September 2011. Accepted 28/06/2011
  • Bos, J.J. and Brown, R.R, (in press). Patterns of transition-oriented governance approaches in the Australian urban water systems. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, 11-16 September 2011. Accepted 28/06/2011
  • Poustie, M.S., Brown, R.R., Deletic, A. (in press), Receptivity to sustainable urban water management in the Pacific. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, 11-16 September 2011. Accepted 28/06/2011
  • de Haan, J., Ferguson, B., Brown, R., Deletic, A. (in press). A workbench for societal transitions in water sensitive cities. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, 11-16 September 2011. Accepted 28/06/2011
  • Feguson, B., Brown, R., Deletic, A. (in press). Towards a socio-technical framework for mapping and diagnosing transformational dynamics in urban water systems. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, 11-16 September 2011. Accepted 28/06/2011
  • Bettini, Y. and Brown, R. (in press). Water crisis and institutional adaptive capacity: lessons from the Australian experience. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, 11-16 September 2011. Accepted 28/06/2011
  • Yu, C. Brown, R., Morison, P. (in press). Co-governing small-scale distributed water systems; an analytical framework. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, 11-16 September 2011. Accepted 28/06/2011
  • Rijke, J., Farrelly, M., Morison, P., Brown, R., Zevenbergen, C. (in press). Towards improved urban water governance in Adelaide, Australia. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, 11-16 September 2011. Accepted 28/06/2011
  • Brookes, K., Brown, R.R., Morison, P. (in press). A case study analysis of the criticial factors influencing a private land developer adopting water sensitive urban design. Proceedings of the 12th International. Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, 11-16 September 2011. Accepted 28/06/2011
  • Wong, T.H., Deletic, A., Brown, R.R. (in press). An inter-disciplinary research program for building water sensitive cities. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, 11-16 September 2011. Accepted 28/06/2011

2010

  • Morison, P. J. and Brown, R. R. (2010). Understanding the Nature of Publics and Local Policy Commitment to Water Sensitive Urban Design. Landscape and Urban Planning. 99(2), 83-92.
  • van de Meene, S. J., Brown, R. R., Farrelly, M. A. (2010). Capacity Attributes of Future Urban Water Management Regimes: Projections from Australian Sustainability Practitioners, Water Science and Technology, 61(9): 2241–2250.
  • Morison, P. J. and Brown, R. R. (2010). Avoiding the Presumptive Policy Errors of Intergovernmental Environmental Planning Programmes: A Case Analysis of Urban Stormwater Management Planning. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 53(2), 197-217.
  • Blackburn, N. and Brown, R. (2010). Busy backyarders: the motivations of citizens implementing alternative outdoor water management practices. Proceedings of the National Conference of the Stormwater Industry Association 8-12th November 2010, Sydney, Australia, CD-ROM.
  • Brooks, K. and Brown, R. (2010). The role of the urban land development organisation in mainstreaming water sensitive urban design. Proceedings of the National Conference of the Stormwater Industry Association 8-12th November 2010, Sydney, Australia, CD-ROM.
  • Morison, P. J., Brown, R. R. and Cocklin, C. (2010). Transitioning to a waterways city: municipal context, capacity and commitment. Water Science and Technology. 62(1): 162–171

2009

  • van de Meene, S.J., Brown, R.R. and Farrelly, M.A. (2009). Exploring Sustainable Urban Water Governance: A Case Study of Institutional Capacity. Water Science and Technology, 59(10): 1921-1928.
  • van de Meene, S., and Brown, R.R. (2009). Delving into the 'Institutional Black Box': Revealing the Attributes of Sustainable Urban Water Management Regimes. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 45(6):1448-1464
  • Keath, N. and Brown, R. (2009). Extreme Events: Being Prepared for the Pitfalls with Progressing Sustainable Urban Water Management, Water Science and Technology. 59(7):1271-1280.
  • Brown, R., Keath, N. and Wong, T. (2009). Urban Water Management in Cities: Historical, Current and Future Regimes, Water Science and Technology. 59(5):847-855.
  • Brown R. R. and Farrelly M. A. (2009).Delivering Sustainable Urban Water Management: A Review of the Hurdles we Face. Water Science and Technology. 59(5):839-846.
  • Brown, R. R., Farrelly, M. A. and Keath, N. (2009). Practitioner Perceptions of Social and Institutional Barriers to Advancing a Diverse Water Source Approach in Australia. International Journal of Water Resources Development. 25(1):15-28.
  • Brown, R. R. and Farrelly, M. A. (2009). Challenges Ahead - Social and Institutional Factors influencing Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management in Australia. Water Science and Technology. 59(4):653-660.
  • Brown, R., and Ashley, R.M. (2009). Entrapped in Common Sense: Why Water Management by Current Regimes is Not Sustainable and What We can Do About it? Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference: Knowledge, learning and action for sustainability, 10th - 12th June 2009, London, UK.
  • Wong, T., and Brown, R. (2009). The Water Sensitive City: Principles for Practice, Water Science and Technology. 60(3):673-682
  • Farrelly, M., Brown, R., and Davis, C. (2009). Practitioner Reflections on Learning from Demonstration Projects. In Mouritz, M and Ruprecht, J (Eds) Proceedings of the 6th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference and Hydropolis #3, 5-8 May 2009, Perth, Western Australia, CD-ROM.
  • Morison, P. J. and Brown, R. R. (2009). Where is the “P” in WSUD? Understanding the Nature of Publics and Local Policy Commitment. In Mouritz, M and Ruprecht, J (eds) Proceedings of the 6th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference and Hydropolis #3, 5-8 May, Perth, Western Australia, CD-ROM.
  • van de Meene, S. J., Brown, R. R., Farrelly, M. A. (2009). Investigating Sustainable Urban Water Management Regimes: What Tools are Available to Help? In Mouritz, M and Ruprecht, J (Eds) Proceedings of the 6th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference and Hydropolis #3, 5 - 8 May 2009, Perth, Western Australia, CD-ROM.
  • van de Meene, S. J., Brown, R. R., Farrelly, M. A. (2009). Characteristics of a More Sustainable Urban Water Management Regime: Insights from Two Australian Cities. In Mouritz, M and Ruprecht, J (Eds) Proceedings of the 6th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference and Hydropolis #3, 5 - 8 May 2009, Perth, Western Australia, CD-ROM.
  • Bos, J.J. and Brown, R.R. (2009). Can Social Theory Help Us to Achieve Sustainable Urban Water Management?. In Mouritz, M and Ruprecht, J. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference and Hydropolis #3, 5 - 8 May 2009, Perth, Western Australia, CD-ROM.
  • Farrelly, M., Brown, R., and Davis, C. (2009). Can Demonstration Projects Act as a Mechanism for Promoting a Transition? In Mouritz, M and Ruprecht, J (Eds) Proceedings of the 6th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference and Hydropolis #3, 5-8 May 2009, Perth, Western Australia, CD-ROM.

2008

  • Brown, R.R and Keath, N. (2008) Drawing on Social Theory for Transitioning to Sustainable Urban Water Management: Turning the Institutional Super-tanker, Australian Journal of Water Resources, 12(2):1-12
  • Roy A.E., Wenger S.J., Fletcher T.D., Walsh C.J., Ladson A.R., Shuster W.D., Thurston H.W., Brown R.R. (2008). Impediments and Solutions to Sustainable, Watershed-scale Urban Stormwater Management: Lessons from Australia and the United States. Environmental Management, 42(2):344-359.
  • Brown, R.R. (2008).Local Institutional Development and Organisational Change for Advancing Sustainable Urban Water Futures, Environmental Management. 41:221-223.
  • Brown, R.R. (2008). 'Social and Institutional Considerations', In Fletcher, T.D. and Deletic, A. (Eds.), Data Requirements for Integrated Urban Water Management, Taylor & Francis, London, Chapter 11, pp 159-169.
  • Brown, R.R. (2008). 'Social and Institutional Components'. In Fletcher, T.D. and Deletic, A. (Eds.), Data Requirements for Integrated Urban Water Management, Taylor & Francis, London, Chapter 22, pp 281-299.
  • Brown, R., Keath, N. and Wong, T. (2008). Transitioning to Water Sensitive Cities: Historical, Current and Future Transition States, In Ashley, R.M. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008, CD-ROM.
  • Brown, R and Farrelly, M. (2008). Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management in Australia: Professional Perceptions on Institutional Drivers and Barriers, In Ashley, R.M. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008, CD-ROM.
  • Farrelly, M. and Brown, R. (2008). Professional Perceptions on Institutional Drivers and Barriers to Advancing Diverse Water Options in Australia, In Ashley, R.M. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008, CD-ROM.
  • Keath, N. and Brown, R. (2008). Are Extreme Events a Crisis or Catalyst for Sustainable Urban Water Management? The Case of two Australian Cities, In Ashley, R.M. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008, CD-ROM.
  • Rijke, J. S., De Graaf, R. E., van de Ven, F.H.M., Brown, R.R., and Biron, D.J. (2008). Comparative Case Studies Towards Mainstreaming Water Sensitive Urban Design in Australia and the Netherlands. In Ashley, R.M. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008, CD-ROM.
  • Wong, T., and Brown, R. (2008). Transitioning to Water Sensitive Cities: Ensuring Resilience through a new Hydro-Social Contract, In Ashley, R.M. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, 31st August - 5th September 2008, CD-ROM.
  • Wong, T, Brown, R and Deletic, A. (2008). Water Management in a Water Sensitive City, Water, November 2008, pp 52-68.
  • Deletic, A, Fletcher, T, Brown, R., Hatt, B., and Wong T. (2008). Advancing Stormwater Biofilters, Water, November 2008, pp 35-39.

2007

  • Brown, R. and Davies, P. (2007). Understanding Community Receptivity to Water Re-use: Ku-ring-gai Council Case Study, Water Science and Technology, 55(4):283-290.
  • Coppock, M. and Brown, R. (2007). Advancing Sustainable Water Futures for Melbourne: Analysis of Expert Opinion on Structural and Non-structural Approaches. Water Practice and Technology. 2(2):54-61.
  • Brown, R., and Keath, N. (2007). Turning the Supertanker: Drawing on Social Theory to Enable the Transition to Sustainable Urban Water Management, In Coombes, P. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and the 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, 21-23 August 2007, Sydney, Australia. CD-ROM.
  • Brown, R., and Farelly, M. (2007). Institutional Impediments to Advancing Sustainable Urban Water Management: a Typology, In Coombes, P. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and the 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, 21-23 August 2007, Sydney, Australia. CD-ROM.
  • Morison, P. and Brown, R. (2007). Cooperate or Coerce? Intergovernmental Approaches to Mainstreaming Water Sensitive Urban Design, In Coombes, P. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design and the 8th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modeling, 21-23 August 2007, Sydney, Australia. CD-ROM.
  • Roberts R, and Brown R. (2007). Alternative Water Sources: The Keys to Unlocking the Inhibitors of Innovation and Diffusion in Metropolitan Melbourne, In Coombes, P. (Ed) Proceedings of the 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and the 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, 21-23 August 2007, Sydney, Australia. CD-ROM
  • van de Meene, S., and Brown, R. (2007). Towards An Institutional Capacity Assessment Framework For Sustainable Urban Water Management, In Coombes, P. (Ed) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design and the 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling, 21-23 August 2007, Sydney, Australia. CD-ROM
  • Brown, R.R., Farrelly, M.A and Keath N. (2007). Summary Report: Perceptions of Institutional Drivers and Barriers to Advancing Sustainable Water Management, Report No. 07/06, National Urban Water Governance Program, Monash University, December 2007, ISBN: 978-0-9804298-2-4.
  • Brown, R.R. and Farrelly, M.A. (2007). Advancing the Adoption of Diverse Water Supplies in Australia: A Survey of Stakeholder Perceptions of Institutional Drivers and Barriers, Report No. 07/05, National Urban Water Governance Program, Monash University, September 2007, ISBN 978-0-9804298-1-7.
  • Brown, R.R and Farrelly, M.A. (2007). Advancing Urban Stormwater Quality Management in Australia: A Survey of Stakeholder Perceptions of Institutional Drivers and Barriers, Report No. 07/04, National Urban Water Governance Program, Monash University, September 2007, ISBN 978-0-9804298-0-0.
  • Brown, R.R. and Clarke, J.M. (2007). The Transition Towards Water Sensitive Urban Design: The Story of Melbourne, Australia, Report No. 07/01, Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration, Monash University, June 2007, ISBN 978-0-98030428-0-2.
  • Brown, R., Beringer, J., Deletic, A., Farrelly, M., Fletcher, T, M., Grace, M., Hart, B.T., Hatt, B., Keath, N., Lake, S., Lynch, A., Mac Nally, R., Mitchell, G., Mfodwo, K., Morison, P., Stubbs, W., Tapper, N., van de Meene, S., and Wong, T. (2007) Monash University Submission to the Review of the Metropolitan Water Sector, 'Moving to the Water Sensitive City: Principles for Reform', Public Submission to the Victorian Competition & Efficiency Commission review of the metropolitan Water Sector, 5th October 2007. Available at http://www.urbanwatergovernance.com.
  • Thomas, F., Orton, J., and Brown R. (2007). Sub-Catchment Planning in Marrickville: The Urban Stormwater Integrated Management (USWIM) Project, In Coombes, P. (Ed) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design and the 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling, 21-23 August 2007, Sydney, Australia. CD-ROM
  • Brown, R. and Clarke, J. (2007). The Transition Towards Water Sensitive Urban Design: A Socio-Technical Analysis of Melbourne, Australia, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference NOVATECH 2007, 25-27 June, Lyon, France, ISBN 2-9509337-7-7-7, V(1):349-356.

2006

  • Brown, R., Sharp, E. and Ashley, R. (2006). Implementation Impediments to Institutionalising the Practice of Sustainable Urban Water Management, Water Science and Technology, 54(6-7):415-422.
  • Brown, R.R, Taylor A., and Mouritz, M. (2006). 'Institutional Capacity and Policy', In Wong, T.H.F. (Ed.), Australian Runoff Quality: A Guide to Water Sensitive Urban Design, Engineers Australia, Canberra, Chapter 5, pp 5:1-5:20.
  • Clarke, J. and Brown, R. (2006). Understanding the Factors that Influence Domestic Water Consumption within Melbourne, Australian Journal of Water Resources. 10(3):261-268.
  • Brown, R. and Davies, P. (2006). Understanding Community Receptivity to Water Re-use: Ku-ring-gai Council Case Study, In Deletic, A. and Fletcher, T. (Eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design and the 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modeling, 3-7 April 2006, Melbourne, ISBN 0-646-45903-1, V(1):119-126.
  • Coppock, M. and Brown, R. (2006). Advancing sustainable water futures for Melbourne: Analysis of Expert Opinion on Structural and Non-structural Approaches, In Deletic, A. and Fletcher, T. (Eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design and the 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modeling, 3-7 April 2006, Melbourne, ISBN 0-646-45903-1, V(1):151-158.
  • Clarke, J. and Brown, R. (2006). Understanding the Factors that Influence Domestic Water Consumption within Melbourne, In Deletic, A. and Fletcher, T. (Eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design and the 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modeling, 3-7 April 2006, Melbourne, ISBN 0-646-45903-1, V(1):143-150.

2005

  • Brown, R. (2005). Impediments to Urban Stormwater Management: The Need for Institutional Reform, Environmental Management, 36(3):455-468.
  • Rauch, W., Seggelke, K., Brown, R., and Krebs, P. (2005). Integrated Approaches to Urban Storm Drainage: Where Do We Stand? Environmental Management, 35(4):396-409.
  • Brown, R. (2005). Facilitating Local Organisational Development for Advancing Sustainable Urban Water Futures, In: Eriksson, E., Genc-Fuhrman, H., Vollertsen, J., Ledin, A., Hvitved-Jacobsen, T. & Mikkelsen, P. S. (Eds.): Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage; 21-26 August 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark, CD-ROM, Institute of Environment & Resources, Technical University of Denmark & Section of Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Kgs. Lyngby. ISBN 1843395746.
  • Brown, R., Sharp, E. and Ashley, R. (2005). Keynote Paper - Implementation Impediments to Institutionalising the Practice of Sustainable Urban Water Management, In: Eriksson, E., Genc-Fuhrman, H., Vollertsen, J., Ledin, A., Hvitved-Jacobsen, T. & Mikkelsen, P. S. (Eds.): Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage; 21-26 August 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark, CD-ROM, Institute of Environment & Resources, Technical University of Denmark & Section of Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Kgs. Lyngby. ISBN 1843395746.

 

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