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ArrayLiveability and the Water Sensitive City Report
19/09/2013
This report establishes the foundation for ongoing research by the CRC in linking urban water management and urban liveability. The study commenced through the Science-Policy Partnership for Water Sensitive Cities, a joint initiative of Monash University's then Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (now Monash Water for Liveability Centre) and Victoria's Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE).
Through adopting a 'societal needs' approach to liveability, the report draws connections between human needs and wants with the emerging paradigm of water sensitive urban design.
To a large extent the physical and material needs for survival are common to all communities - food, water, shelter etc, however, the needs and wants beyond mere survival, those that effectively enhance one's quality of life, are likely to reflect the particular values and ambitions of the communities.
