Some resources for Natural Asset Managers
This project aims to improve access to existing studies, reports and practice of relevance to local government natural asset management. The library focuses on asset registration, hierarchies and condition assessment for select "classes" of natural assets - initially urban creeks and street trees and natural wetlands (pending).
These resources have been contributed by a range of authors and practitioners and have been included here as they are particularly relevant to local government asset management and planning, as well as Natural Resource Management at the local government scale in urban settings.
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| Treenet | Ongoing | Various | Web resource | The Treenet website hosts annual symposium papers and supports networking, knowledge sharing and research on urban trees by a broad range of stakeholders including local government. |
| Natural Asset Management for Urban Waterways | 2009 | The Hills Shire Council | Publication | This project developed a basis for integrating urban waterway 'Asset Elements' into council’s asset management system. The report outlines methods used to map and assess the condition of such elements. |
| A Wetland Prioritisation Technique for the SMCMA Area | 2009 | Sydney Metro CMA | Publication | A desktop assessment method was developed for wetlands in the SMCMA area, to assess wetland condition and better understand wetland rehabilitation priorities. This report reviews eight existing condition assessment and prioritisation methods. |
| Sydney Metropolitan CMA Waterways Health Strategy Report | 2007 | SMCMA | Publication | This study developed and applied a simple desk-top based method to prioritise and monitor progress on activities to protect and rehabilitate Sydney’s waterways and waterway corridors - from a metropolitan-wide perspective. |
| An Integrated Framework for Wetland Inventory, Assessment and Monitoring (IF-WIAM) | 2005 | RAMSAR | Publication|Web resource | A useful introduction to many Ramsar resources that are available for wetland assessment and management. Provides an 'integrated framework' to guide when and how wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring activities might be undertaken. |
| Urban Forest: Risk Started the Ball Rolling –So What Will Sustain It? | 2009 | Newcastle City Council (NCC) | Publication | Describes the evolution of an Urban Forest Policy and Street Tree Asset Management Program at Newcastle City Council. |
| Creek Assessment Manual | 2006 | Newcastle City Council (NCC) | Publication | Council adopted existing creek condition methods to assess and interpret the health of urban creeks and unformed channels as well as their adjacent floodplains and riparian zones. This simple field manual outlines the method and how to apply it. |
| A Baseline Assessment of Water Resources for the National Water Initiative - River and Wetland Health Theme | 2007 | National Water Commission | Publication | This report descrribes a national framework for assessing river and wetland health, undertaken by the Commonwealth Government. |
| Waterways Group Index of River Condition | 2005 | Melbourne Water | Publication | Details the information systems used by Melbourne Water to manage and generate work programs for their waterway and drainage assets. Covers the Index of River Condition (IRC) which is used to monitor waterway condition and rehabilitation efforts. |
| Options Paper on the Affordable Management of Urban Riparian Areas | 2009 | Local Government and Shires Association (LGSA) | Publication | A well referenced, detailed review of the legislation and mechanisms in place to acquire and manage urban riparian land in NSW. Identifies options (Section 94 Contributions and other) to aquire and manage urban riparian lands for environmental outcomes. |