Water Sensitive Urban Design

to better integrate water into the urban landscape, improving the sustainability and liveability of cities (for example through the sustaining of health urban vegetation), while securing adequate resources for growing cities. This subject reflects the integration inherent in WSUD. The course will teach you about the individual urban water cycle components (water supply, wastewater, stormwater, groundwater), but will primary focus on their interactions and integration, and particularly their interaction with the built and natural environment. The subject includes a mix of lectures and project-based learning, including a major project (broken up into stages throughout the semester), a full-day excursion and workshops involving leading WSUD experts from public and private industry. The subject will cover: An introduction to WSUD (its principles, objectives, context within other urban planning and sustainability policy & practice) in developed and developing countries Water in the urban landscape, the urban water cycle and its component characteristics Social, environmental and economic impacts of urban water management Structural tools and techniques (conceptual design, operation, maintenance) Non-structural tools and techniques Choice of scales Analysis methods (water balance calculations, water end-use analysis) Lifecycle cost analysis and multi-criteria evaluation frameworks Design tools and software (e.g. MUSIC, Urban Developer, House Water Expert) Institutional and implementation issues Integration between water and other urban design elements

• 1Understand and analyse water in the urban landscape and the various components of the urban water cycle, including their interactions.
• 2Apply understanding of scale to select optimal WSUD systems at different scales.
• 3Assess and choose a range of structural and non-structural techniques for WSUD, including analysis of performance using industry-standard modelling tools.
• 4Design a range of WSUD scenarios for a given urban layout.
• 5Discuss and critique implementation and institutional issues relating to WSUD, including maintenance and policy.
• 6Work collaboratively in teams with people from other disciplines, in order to ensure multi-disciplinary outcomes.