2023 Publications Performance
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Monash Research Outputs: 80
Mean Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI): 0.9
3 Year Rolling Mean FWCI: 1.19
Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) Program
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The Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) program utilises water sensitive technology innovation to transform quality of life across urban informal settlements in Indonesia and Fiji. Working with communities, governments, local leaders and partner institutions, RISE is co-designing location-specific solutions that integrate green infrastructure to strengthen the whole-of-life water and sanitation cycle.
In 2023 the RISE program reported successful water-sensitive revitalisation in an informal settlement in Batua, Indonesia, utilising infrastructure to collect wastewater from residences and pump it to constructed wetlands to filter contaminants. Results from the program showed the system was performing well, reducing the concentration of key pollutants including E.coli by 99.6%.
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Investigating Food and Water Insecurity and Depression among Women
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A collaborative research project involving a variety of disciplines across Monash University, Emory University, and Hasanuddin University investigated the link between food and water insecurity and depression among women in Makassar, Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found that depression is associated with joint resource insecurity and highlighted the vulnerability of women in low socio-economic countries, particularly in urban informal settlements.
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Integrated Water Management in Sumbawa, Indonesia
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The MSDI Water team partnered with Yayasan Plan Indonesia to apply gender equitable and socially inclusive Integrated Water Management practices in a water planning project in Sumbawa, Indonesia in order to create richer outcomes for minority groups within local communities, including women, children, people with disabilities and Indigenous peoples. MSDI supported the establishment and ongoing multi-stakeholder inclusive IWM forum in Sumbawa and produced guidelines that can support other projects.
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