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Dr Simon Fane

Simon Fane

Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures

BSc (Hons) (UNSW), PhD

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Email: Simon.Fane@uts.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9514 4962
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Room: CB10.11 (map)
Mailing address: PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia

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Biography

Simon works on a range of research and consulting projects across the field of sustainable urban water. He worked extensively in water conservation, integrated resource planning, least cost planning, sustainable urban water modelling, and catchment management whilst completing his PhD in Sustainable Futures. Simon's PhD thesis sought to address the problems raised by comparing distributed strategies that include water conservation, decentralised water supply and wastewater systems to centralised and supply-side options. His particular research interests include: options modelling and assessment for sustainable urban water, regional supply and demand planning, and the role of distributed and decentralised strategies in water and wastewater management

More recently, Simon has managed several of ISF's larger urban water projects including the 'Evaluation of supply and demand-side options' for the NSW Department of Infrastructure and Planning which formed the basis for the 2004 Sydney Metropolitan Water Plan and the 'Costing for Sustainable Outcomes in Urban Water Systems' a guidebook for the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment and Utility partners. Among other activities, Simon is current managing projects studying 'Opportunities for more efficient toilets in Australia' for the Commonwealth Department of Environment and Water Resources and developing a spatial mapping approach to identifying, modelling and prioritising water reuse and conservation projects for Leichhardt Council.

Research

Research areas
  • Water and sanitation

Publications

Project reports

Fane, S.A., Retamal, M.L., McKibbin, J.L. & May, D. 2011, 'Case study: Integrated resource planning for urban water - Wagga Wagga', [prepared for Australian National Water Commission], Institute for Sustainable Futures, Sydney, pp. 1-78.
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Fane, S.A., Turner, A.J., McKibbin, J.L., May, D., Fyfe, J., Chong, J., Blackburn, N., Patterson, J.J. & White, S. 2011, 'Integrated resource planning for urban water - resource papers', [prepared for Australian National Water Commission], Australian National Water Commission, Canberra, pp. 1-206.

Fane, S.A., White, S. & Retamal, M.L. 2010, 'Response to Hunter Water's submission to the Department of Planning regarding its application to build a dam at Tillegra on the Williams River', [prepared for The Wilderness Society Newcastle], Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney, Australia.
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Turner, A.J., Willetts, J.R., Fane, S.A., Giurco, D., Chong, J., Kazaglis, A. & White, S. 2010, 'Guide to Demand Management and Integrated Resource Planning (update on original 2008 Guide)', [prepared for National Water Commission and the Water Services Association of Australia, Inc.], Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA), Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-174.

Abeysuriya, K.R., Langham, E. & Fane, S.A. 2009, 'Water reuse feasibility project: water sensitive urban design opportunities', [prepared for Leichhardt Municipal Council], Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-146.

Fane, S.A. 2009, 'An assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from the proposed Tillegra Dam', [prepared for The Wilderness Society], Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney, Australia.
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Fane, S.A., Retamal, M.L. & White, S. 2009, 'An independent review of the need for Tillegra Dam', [prepared for The Wilderness Society Newcastle], Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney, Australia.
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Fane, S.A. & Patterson, J.J. 2009, 'Incorporating climate change uncertainty into urban water integrated resource planning - scoping paper', [prepared for National Water Commission], Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney, Australia.

Fane, S.A., Retamal, M.L. & White, S. 2009, 'Submission to the Department of Planning regarding Tillegra Dam proposal environmental assessment report', Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney, Australia.
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Fane, S.A. & Langham, E. 2009, 'Water reuse feasibility project: water conservation and reuse opportunities', [prepared for Leichhardt Municipal Council], Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-128.

Patterson, J.J. & Fane, S.A. 2009, 'Impact study: lowering minimum flows for showerheads and taps', [prepared for the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA)], Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-29.

Fane, S.A., Patterson, J.J., Kazaglis, A. & Fyfe, J. 2008, 'Cost benefit analysis for minimum water efficiency standards and changes to the regulation of plumbing product quality', [prepared for the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA)], Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-128.

Retamal, M.L., McKibbin, J.L. & Fane, S.A. 2008, 'National greywater rainwater initiative: input into design of rebates for households and surf life saving clubs', [prepared for the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA)], Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney, pp. 1-60.

Turner, A.J., Willetts, J.R., Fane, S.A., Giurco, D., Kazaglis, A. & White, S. 2008, 'Guide to Demand Management', [prepared for Water Services Association of Australia], Water Services Association of Australia, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-176.
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Mitchell, C.A., Fane, S.A., Willetts, J.R., Plant, R.A. & Kazaglis, A. 2007, 'Costing for sustainable outcomes in urban water systems - a guidebook', [prepared for Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment], Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS/The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality & Treatment, Sydney, pp. 1-86.
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Fane, S.A., Herriman, E.J. & Lewis, J. 2006, 'Directions Report', [prepared for Natural Resources Advisory Council], Institute for Sustainable Futures, Sydney.
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White, S., Campbell, D., Giurco, D., Snelling, C.M., Kazaglis, A. & Fane, S.A. 2006, 'Review of the Metropolitan Water Plan: Final Report', [prepared for NSW Cabinet Office], Metropolitan Water, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-94.
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Etnier, C., Willetts, J.R., Fane, S.A., Mitchell, C.A. & Johnstone, S. 2005, 'Decentralized wastewater system reliability analysis handbook (Project No. WU-HT-03-57)', [prepared for National Decentralized Water Resources Capacity Development Project, Washington University, St. Louis, MO], Stone Environmental, Inc., Vermont, USA, pp. 1-181.
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Fane, S.A., White, S., Edgerton, N., Campbell, S. & Chapman, R.L. 2004, 'Meeting Sydney's water demand-supply balance: An evaluation of demand and supply side options for the NSW government plan - Securing Water for Our People and Rivers', [prepared for Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources], Institute for Sustainable Futures and Centre for International Economics, Sydney, pp. 1-45.

White, S. & Fane, S.A. 1999, 'Esperance water resource use efficiency study', [prepared for WRCWA], Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney.

Conference papers

Fane, S.A., Turner, A.J. & Smith, P. 2010, 'Integrated resource planning in a changing environment: new resources for the Australian water industry', OzWater'10: Achieving Water Security, Brisbane, Australia, March 2010 in Proceedings of OzWater'10: Achieving Water Security, ed Australian Water Association,, [prepared for As an author, I agree that a digital copy of this output may be placed in UTSiResearch, UTS' institutional repository.], Australian Water Association (AWA), Sydney, Australia.

Chong, J., Fyfe, J. & Fane, S.A. 2009, 'Estimating the sustainability benefits of water efficiency labeling and minimum standards', 'Efficient 2009': 5th IWA Specialist Conference on Efficient Use and Management of Urban Water, Sydney, Australia, October 2009 in Proceedings of the 5th IWA Specialist Conference 'Efficient 2009', ed Australia Water Association (AWA), International Water Association (IWA) and Australia Water Association (AWA), Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-11.
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Fane, S.A. & Turner, A.J. 2009, 'Integrated water resource planning in the context of climate uncertainty', 'Efficient 2009': 5th IWA Specialist Conference on Efficient Use and Management of Urban Water, Sydney, Australia, October 2009 in Proceedings of the 5th IWA Specialist Conference 'Efficient 2009', ed Australian Water Association, International Water Association (IWA) and Australian Water Association (AWA), Sydney, pp. 1-17.
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McKibbin, J.L., Fane, S.A. & Mitchell, C.A. 2009, 'Next generation IRP: extending water planning processes and tools to analyse distributed water futures', 'Efficient 2009': 5th IWA Specialist Conference on Efficient Use and Management of Urban Water, Sydney, Australia, October 2009 in Proceedings of the 5th IWA Specialist Conference 'Efficient 2009', ed Australian Water Association (AWA), International Water Association (IWA) and Australian Water Association (AWA), Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-5.
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Fane, S.A. & Schlunke, A.D. 2008, 'Opportunities for more efficient toilets in Australia - how low can we go?', 3rd National Water Efficiency Conference (Water Efficiency 2008), Surfers Paradise, Australia, March 2008 in 3rd National Water Efficiency Conference (Water Efficiency 2008), ed AWA, AWA, Sydney, p. EFF47 (CD-ROM).
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Mitchell, C.A., Retamal, M.L., Fane, S.A., Willetts, J.R. & Davis, C. 2008, 'Decentralised water systems - creating conducive institutional arrangements (paper)', Enviro 08 Australasia's Environmental & Sustainability Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, May 2008 in Enviro 08 Australasia's Environmental & Sustainability Conference & Exhibition, ed Specking, M., Auatralian Water Association and Waste Management Association of Australia, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-9.
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Mitchell, C.A., Retamal, M.L., Fane, S.A., Willetts, J.R. & Davis, C. 2008, 'Decentralised water systems - creating conducive institutional arrangements (slides)', Enviro 08 Australasia's Environmental & Sustainability Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, May 2008.
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Retamal, M.L., Kazaglis, A., Fane, S.A. & Mitchell, C.A. 2008, 'From sustainable urban water to restorative developments: applying a holistic framework for water management when renewing our cities', World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2008.
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Retamal, M.L., Kazaglis, A., Fane, S.A. & Mitchell, C.A. 2008, 'From sustainable urban water to restorative developments: applying a holistic framework for water management when renewing our cities (presentation)', World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2008.
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Palmer, C.G., Gothe, J., Mitchell, C.A., Riedy, C.J., Sweetapple, K., McLaughlin, S.M., Hose, G.C., Lowe, M., Goodall, H., Green, T., Sharma, D., Fane, S.A., Brew, K. & Jones, P.R. 2007, 'Finding integration pathways: developing a transdisciplinary (TD) approach for the Upper Nepean Catchment.', Australian Stream Management Conference, Albury, NSW, Australia., May 2007 in Proceedings of the 5th Australian Stream Management Conference. Australian rivers: making a difference, ed Wilson, A.L., Dehaan, R.L., Watts, R.J., Page, K.J., Bowmer, K.H., & Curtis, A., [prepared for As an author, I agree that a digital copy of this output may be placed in UTSiResearch, UTS' institutional repository.], Charles Sturt University, Thurgoona, New South Wales, pp. 306-311.
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White, S., Turner, A.J., Fane, S.A. & Giurco, D. 2007, 'Urban water supply-demand planning: a worked example', IWA Efficient 2007, Jeju Island, Korea, May 2007 in 4th IWA Specialist Conference on Efficient Use and Management of Urban Water Supply: Proceedings 1, IWA Specialist Group: Efficient Operation and Management, Seoul, Korea, pp. 419-420.

Willetts, J.R., Fane, S.A. & Mitchell, C.A. 2007, 'Making decentralised systems viable: a guide to managing decentralised assets and risks', International Water Association (IWA) Advanced Sanitation Conference, Aachen, Germany, March 2007 in International Water Association (IWA) Advanced Sanitation Conference, Aachen, Germany.
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Fane, S.A. & Mitchell, C.A. 2006, 'Appropriate cost analysis for decentralised water systems', Enviro 06: Building Sustainable Cities, Melbourne, Australia, May 2006 in Enviro 06 Conference and Exhibition: Building Sustainable Cities Proceedings, AWA, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-7.

White, S., Fane, S.A. & Turner, A.J. 2006, 'Certainty without seawater: a planned approach to balancing water demand and supply', Enviro 06: Building sustainable cities, Melbourne, Australia, May 2006 in Enviro 06 Conference and Exhibition: Building Sustainable Cities Proceedings, AWA, Melbourne, Australia, pp. e6347-1-e6347-3.

White, S., Fane, S.A., Giurco, D. & Turner, A.J. 2006, 'Putting the economics in its place: decision making in an uncertain environment', Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics, New Delhi, India, December 2006.
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White, S. & Fane, S.A. 2005, 'Planning for environmental flows: an advanced least cost approach to Sydney's demand-supply balance', 15th Stockholm Water Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2005.

Willetts, J.R., Mitchell, C.A. & Fane, S.A. 2005, 'Ideas and tools to shape long-term management and investment in decentralised wastewater infrastructure', Onsite 05: Performance Assessment for On-site Systems: Regulation, operation and monitoring, University of New England, Armidale, September 2005 in Performance Assessment for On-site Systems: Regulation, operation and monitoring - Proceedings of On-site '05 Conference., ed R.A. Patterson & M.J. Jones, Lanfax Laboratories, Armidale, NSW.
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Fane, S.A., Willetts, J.R., Abeysuriya, K.R., Mitchell, C.A., Etnier, C. & Johnstone, S. 2004, 'Evaluating reliability and life-cycle cost for decentralised wastewater within the context of asset management', 6th Specialist Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems and 1st International Conference on Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Recycling, Fremantle, Australia, February 2004 in Proceedings of 6th Specialist Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems and 1st International Conference on Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Recycling, ed Matthew, K. and Ho, G., IWA, Fremantle, Australia, pp. 1-8.
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Fane, S.A., Turner, A.J. & Mitchell, C.A. 2004, 'The secret life of water systems: least cost planning beyond demand management', 2nd Leading-Edge Conference on Sustainability: Sustainability in Water-Limited Environments, Sydney, Australia, November 2004 in Proceedings of 2nd IWA Leading-Edge Conference on Sustainability: Sustainability in Water-Limited Environments, ed Olsson, G, IWA, London, UK, p. 7.
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Mitchell, C.A., Turner, A.J., Fane, S.A., White, S. & Cordell, D.J. 2004, 'Water conservation is dead: long live water conservation', 2nd International Water Association Leading Edge Conference on Sustainability: Sustainability in Water-Limited Environments, Sydney, Australia, November 2004 in Proceedings of 2nd IWA Leading-Edge Conference on Sustainability: Sustainability in Water-Limited Environments, ed Olsson, G., IWA, London, UK, p. 53.
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Fane, S.A. & White, S. 2003, 'Levelised cost, a general formula for calculations of unit cost in integrated resource planning', Efficient 2003: Efficient Use and Management of Urban Water Supply Conference, Tenerife, April 2003 in Efficient 2003: Efficient Use and Management of Urban Water Supply Conference, Tenerife.
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Fane, S.A., Robinson, J. & White, S. 2002, 'The use of levelised cost in comparing supply and demand side options', Enviro 2002 & IWA 3rd World Water Conference, Melbourne, Australia, April 2002 in A unique approach to a unique environment, ed Australian Water Association, AWA Bookshop, Sydney, p. e20605a.
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Fane, S.A., Ashbolt, N.J. & White, S. 2001, 'Decentralised water reuse: the implications of scale for cost and pathogen risk', IWA World Water Congress, Berlin, October 2001 in IWA 2nd World Water Congress: Efficient Water Management - Making It Happen Preprints (Abstracts), International Water Association, London, pp. 20-20.
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Fane, S.A. & White, S. 2001, 'What are the implications of distributed wastewater management in inner Sydney?', International Ecological Engineering Conference, Lincoln University, New Zealand, November 2001 in International Ecological Engineering Conference, ed Painter, D; Peet, J, International Ecological Engineering Society and Engineers for Social Responsibility, Lincoln University, New Zealand, pp. 42-42.

Jha, M., Mouritz, M., Smith, P. & Fane, S.A. 2001, 'Integrated water management system in an urban redevelopment in Sydney', International Ecological Engineering Conference, Lincoln University, New Zealand, November 2001 in International Ecological Engineering Conference, ed Painter, D; Peet, J, International Ecological Engineering Society and Engineers for Social Responsibility, Lincoln University, New Zealand, pp. 53-53.

White, S. & Fane, S.A. 2001, 'Designing cost effective water demand management programs in Australia', IWA World Water Congress, Berlin, October 2001 in IWA 2nd World Water Congress: Efficient Water Management - Making It Happen Preprints (Abstracts), International Water Association, London, pp. 16-16.
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Fane, S.A. & Ashbolt, N.J. 2000, 'A methodology for assessing comparative pathogen impact from novel wastewater recycling systems', Adelaide, Australia, October 2000 in Water Recycling Australia, ed Dillon P, CSIRO Land and Water, Dickson, ACT, Australia.
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Malmqvist, P., Ashbolt, N.J., Fane, S.A., Hellstrom, D., Jeppsson, U. & Soderberg, H. 2000, 'Assessing alternative wastewater systems in Hammarby Sjostad Stockholm', Decision Making in Urban and Civil Engineering, Lyon, France, November 2000.

Fane, S.A., White, S. & Robinson, D.G. 1998, 'Reduce, reuse or recycle? Economic evaluation of measures for improving environmental outcomes from wastewater systems', Environmental Engineering Research Event, Sydney in Environmental Engineering Research Event, ed Schafer, A.I.; Basson, L.; Richards, B.S., UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science & Technology, Sydney, pp. 363-368.
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Journal articles

Watson, R., Fane, S.A. & Mitchell, C.A. 2013, 'How sustainability assessments using multi-criteria analysis can bias against small systems', Water, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 69-73.
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Fane, S.A. & Turner, A.J. 2010, 'Integrated water resource planning in the context of climate uncertainty', Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, [prepared for As an author, I agree that a digital copy of this output may be placed in UTSiResearch, UTS' institutional repository.], vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 487-494.
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Fane, S.A. & Patterson, J.J. 2009, 'Urban water planning in the face of climate change', Water, [prepared for As an author, I agree that a digital copy of this output may be placed in UTSiResearch, UTS' institutional repository.], vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 84-89.
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Willetts, J.R., Fane, S.A. & Mitchell, C.A. 2007, 'Making decentralised systems viable: a guide to managing decentralised assets and risks', Water Science and Technology, [prepared for As an author, I agree that a digital copy of this output may be placed in UTSiResearch, UTS' institutional repository.], vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 165-173.
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Fane, S.A., Willetts, J.R., Abeysuriya, K.R., Mitchell, C.A., Etnier, C. & Johnstone, S. 2005, 'Decentralised wastewater systems: an asset management approach', Water Asset Management International, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 5-9.
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Fane, A.G. & Fane, S.A. 2005, 'The role of membrane technology in sustainable decentralized wastewater systems', Water Science And Technology, [prepared for As an author, I agree that a digital copy of this output may be placed in UTSiResearch, UTS' institutional repository.], vol. 51, no. 10, pp. 317-325.
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Fane, S.A., Robinson, J. & White, S. 2003, 'The use of levelised cost in comparing supply and demand side options for water supply and wastewater treatment'', Water Supply, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 185-192.
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Fane, S.A., Ashbolt, N.J. & White, S. 2002, 'Decentralised urban water reuse; the implications of system scale for cost and pathogen risk', Water Science and Technology, vol. 46, no. 6-7, pp. 281-288.
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White, S. & Fane, S.A. 2002, 'Designing cost effective water demand management programs in Australia', Water Science and Technology, vol. 46, no. 6-7, pp. 225-232.
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Book chapters

White, S., Fane, S.A., Giurco, D. & Turner, A.J. 2008, 'Putting the economics in its place: decision-making in an uncertain environment' in C. Zografos and R. Howarth (eds), Deliberative Ecological Economics, [prepared for As an author, I agree that a digital copy of this output may be placed in UTSiResearch, UTS' institutional repository.], Oxford University Press, New Dehli, India, pp. 80-106.
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Fane, S.A., Turner, A.J., Mitchell, C.A. 2006, 'The secret life of water systems: least cost planning beyond demand management' in Beck, M.B. and Speers, A. (eds), 2nd IWA Leading-Edge on Sustainability in Water-Limited Environments, IWA Publishing, London, UK, pp. 35-41.
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