Green Infrastructure

Course aim

To continue to develop students’ in-depth understanding on how water-sensitive practices can be integrated into ‘greenfield’ and developed urban landscapes resulting in cost-effective and sustainable urban drainage systems.

Course content

At the completion of the course, it is intended that students will be able to: explain the concepts of quantity, quality and harvesting as they relate to the field of water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) practice; introduce the ‘source control’ concept and its application to flood management, stormwater treatment/control and stormwater harvesting; explain procedures including ‘best practice’ guidelines and limitations for designing systems for stormwater quantity management, quality improvement and harvesting; review ongoing development of the ‘green infrastructure’ movement and its relationship to WSUD and international practices such as SuDS and LID; describe the physical, chemical and biological water quality parameters that cause ecosystem degradation and how these parameters can be used to govern the design of green infrastructure systems; become familiar with applying procedures including ‘best practice’ guidelines for designing WSUD systems including sediment basins, bioretention devices, swales and constructed wetlands.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

It is expected that students will have completed a basic hydrology course during their bachelor degree program or will have worked in a hydrology-related field before taking this course.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Major project, Problem solving tasks (on-going), Take home examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.