Melbourne Centre for Water Research to be established
Tuesday, 09 September, 2003
The University of Melbourne is making an ambitious commitment to water-related research with the establishment of the Melbourne Centre for Water Research.
The new Centre draws together the University's strengths in water-related research in a University-wide initiative which recognises the strategic importance of water for Australia's future.
University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Gilbert, believes Melbourne has the capability to make a major national and international contribution to water and land resource management within a multi-disciplinary framework in partnership with other organisations.
"Melbourne staff have the expertise, enthusiasm and commitment to make a significant contribution to one of the most challenging issues facing Australia," he said. "The new Centre will coordinate multi-disciplinary, multi-faculty support for water-related research, education and research training."
At least seven faculties within the University will be providing expertise spanning legal, social, economic, scientific and engineering issues in the Centre.
Major topics to be investigated include: Water Rights Management; Water Technology; Legal Issues; Conservation and Use; Costing and Pricing Use; Sociology of Urban Water; Agricultural Practices; Weather Patterns; Aid and Development; and Politics and Public Policy.
The Melbourne Centre for Water Research will be closely linked to the Centre for Water and Landscape Management which the University is establishing at its Dookie campus, as part of its Goulburn Valley initiative in north-eastern Victoria.
The Dookie Centre will form a regional node of the Melbourne Centre for Water Research, providing a framework for the University to consolidate its environmental education, research and outreach activities in the Goulburn Valley and to demonstrate the value of these activities for addressing the Nation's National Research Priority of an environmentally sustainable Australia.
Item provided courtesy of The University of Melbourne
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