Practice of water sensitive urban design

Environment
Published: 31 August 2007
by Renee Stephens, Cheryl Desha, Charlie Hargroves
ISSN: 2207-466X

This paper provides a critique of the Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) paradigm by discussing its congruence with an established sustainable design principle called 'whole system design'. It was found that WSUD is congruent with the whole system design approach as a philosophy, but not in practice. Future improvement of WSUD practice may depend on the adoption of a front-loaded, teamwork-based design and planning process that is embedded in the principle of whole system design.

Note Summary
  1. Introduction
  2. Whole system design philosophy
  3. The need
  4. The Philosophy
  5. Inn Practice
  6. Best management practice
  7. Increasing professional specialisation
  8. Potential for improvement in practice
  9. Conclusion