The transition of Melbourne city to WSUD over the last forty years has culminated in a list of best practice qualitiesBrown, R, and Clarke, J 2007, "The transition toward water sensitive urban design: the story of Melbourne, Australia", Report No. 07/01, Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, p. 44 and enabling factors,Brown, R and Clarke, J 2007, "The transition toward water sensitive urban design: the story of Melbourne, Australia", Report No. 07/01, Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, p. 47 which have been identified as important in aiding decision making to facilitate transition to WSUD technologies. The implementation of WSUD can be enabled through the effective interplay between the two variables discussed below.Brown, R and Clarke, J 2007, "The transition toward water sensitive urban design: the story of Melbourne, Australia", Report No. 07/01, Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, p. V
