Overview
This project developed a consultation framework for establishing an innovation agenda for regional water productivity in Australia’s southern Murray Darling Basin.
Project Summary
This project developed a consultation framework for establishing an innovation agenda for regional water productivity in Australia’s southern Murray Darling Basin. Based on innovation systems literature, the project applied an adapted Delphi technique to canvass the expert opinion of over 300 interdisciplinary stakeholders in water resource management and use in Australia. The results of the consultation process were considered and endorsed by a Strategic Advisory Committee of water industry representatives in late 2013.
This research contributed directly to the development of a Blueprint for Regional Water Productivity, which was officially launched by the Minister for the Environment, the Hon. Greg Hunt at the University of Melbourne in June 2014.
Research Group Leader/Key contact
Dr Margaret Ayre and A/Prof. Ruth Nettle with members of the Regional Water Productivity Research Hub team.
Partnership details
Funding: The University of Melbourne, Carlton Connect Initiative
Publications
A Blueprint for Regional Water Productivity, Carlton Connect Initiative, The University of Melbourne, Parkville.
Ayre, M, Nettle, R., Erazo-Bobenreith, M. and Klerkx, L. 2016. Doing water research differently for innovation in regional water productivity in Australia. Australian Journal of Water Resources 20 (1)39-52.