scholarly journals Urban water reuse: A triple bottom line assessment framework and review

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 448-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Wilcox ◽  
Fuzhan Nasiri ◽  
Sarah Bell ◽  
Md. Saifur Rahaman
Keyword(s):  
Water Reuse ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Bottom Line

Triple-bottom-line assessment of urban stormwater projects

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 459-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.C. Taylor ◽  
T.D. Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Urban Water Supply ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Urban Water Management ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
European Guidelines ◽  
New Guidelines

New guidelines have been developed and trialled in Australia to assist urban stormwater managers to assess options for projects that aim to improve urban waterway health. These guidelines help users to examine the financial, ecological and social dimensions of projects (i.e. the so-called “triple-bottom-line”). Features of the assessment process described in the guidelines include use of multi criteria analysis, input from technical experts as well as non-technical stakeholders, and provision of three alternative levels of assessment to suit stormwater managers with differing needs and resources. This paper firstly provides a background to the new guidelines and triple-bottom-line assessment. The assessment methodology promoted in the new guidelines is then briefly summarised. This methodology is compared and contrasted with European guidelines from the “SWARD” project that have been primarily developed for assessing the relative sustainability of options involving urban water supply and sewerage assets. Finally, the paper discusses how assessment methodologies that evaluate the financial, ecological and social dimensions of projects can, under some circumstances, be used to evaluate the relative progress of options for urban water management on a journey towards the widely pursued, but vaguely defined goal of “sustainable development”.

Water Centric Cities of the Future - Towards Macroscale Assessment of Sustainability

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Novotny ◽  
Eric V. Novotny
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Water Reuse ◽  
San Antonio ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Carbon Emissions Reduction ◽  
Water Developments

The developments of several current and future ecocities have been comparatively assessed as to their environmental benefits of preservation or restoration of the ecological and hydrological (water reuse) functionality of their surface water bodies and social benefits such as carbon emissions reduction, recreation, and resource recovery. These evaluation categories are the key components of the Triple Bottom Line assessment of sustainability. The assessed urban water developments include downtown San Antonio (TX, USA), ecocity portion of San Francisco and Sonoma Mountain Village (CA, USA), Hammarby Sjöstad (Sweden), Tianjin, Qingdao and Dongtan (China), and Masdar (UAE). The analysis revealed some problems with the lack of macroscale measures, models, and indices for some key components of the triple bottom assessment. Several research hypotheses and ecocity concepts were suggested for further research and studying.

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