Chief Scientist at Office of Living Victoria

Written by peter@uwcs.com.au

July 15, 2014

Dr Peter Coombes

Dr Peter CoombesDr Peter Coombes from Urban Water Cycle Solutions continues his role as the Chief Scientist at the Office of Living Victoria. He is currently working on delivering analysis and a report on the Systems Economics for the Ballarat region for the Living Ballarat project, the Living Ballarat Systems Framework and an enhanced version of the Greater Melbourne Systems Framework. These outputs continue to make strong contributions to the implementation of the Living Victoria policy.

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Dr Peter Coombes

Dr Coombes has spent more than 30 years dedicated to the development of systems understanding of the urban, rural and natural water cycles with a view to finding optimum solutions for the sustainable use of ecosystem services, provision of infrastructure and urban planning.

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