The Swan River is a Perth icon and provides significant economic, cultural and social benefits to our community. However, it also poses a risk of flooding to the surrounding floodplain, including built-up commercial and residential areas. This presentation will use the recent flood study for the Swan River to give context to a discussion of…

Managing urban heat islands and promoting urban cooling is becomingly increasingly important for communities and government across Australia. Research in recent years has started to explore how different land surface types contribute to either create cooler, or warmer cities. An area of growing interest is the role that living turf plays in urban heat mitigation.…

The South West of WA has experienced a drying trend since about 1975, something which is increasingly becoming evident in parts of the word with a Mediterranean climate. In the South West, the drying, along with higher temperatures, has resulted in profound changes that were initially hard to detect from year-to-year variability. While runoff seems initially…

The importance of well-maintained green spaces for encouraging physical activity and maintaining mental health is well recognised by local communities. Turfgrass managers in the Perth metropolitan area are under pressure to maintain high quality turfgrass surfaces despite declining water availability. The UWA Turf Research Program was established to assist the Western Australian turfgrass industry with…