RESTORE, developed by CRCWSC, aids urban waterway repair. It assesses site conditions and prioritizes ecosystem components like hydrology, geomorphology, and biota. This Case Study looks at the application of RESTORE in Saint Leonards Creek.
Scale: Precinct
Development Type:
Local Government: City of Swan
WSUD Solution:
RESTORE is a decision-support tool that has been developed by the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) to support the holistic repair of urban waterways.
RESTORE asks practitioners a range of questions about the environmental and urban setting of their restoration site and identifies the ecosystem components likely to be most relevant. The ecosystem components considered are hydrology, geomorphology, connectivity, riparian, water quality and biota.
Management actions will result in the largest environmental benefit if they are directly related to ecosystem function and are applied to a site that is highly altered but with a good capacity for recovery. Accordingly, the tool ranks the ecosystem components according to their (i) importance to ecosystem function at the site; (ii) severity of stress; and (iii) potential to be repaired or protected into the future.
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Supporting community wellbeing and healthy environments within resilient and sustainable places throughout Western Australia.
