Toolkits
Urban design and engineering
Water Sensitive Urban Design Tools (Melbourne Water)
'Treatment Tools' are on the left hand pane.
Low Impact Development Urban Design Tools (US)
Interactive Treatment Selection Tool
From this table of contents, scroll down to Chapter 5 to start the interactive selection tool (Texas Stormwater Task Force)
Municipal Stormwater Toolbox for Maintenance Practices (US)
This toolbox includes guidelines, tips, checklists and sample worksheets for tasks like:
- maintaining drainage lines,
- maintaining and repairing roadways,
- maintaining roadside areas,
- keeping a clean maintenance shop / yard, and
- storing and disposing of waste materials.
see also Urban Water Engineering
Environmental monitoring
A toolkit for water quality monitoring for Local Government (WSROC)
A wide-ranging toolkit covering many possible measures of aquatic ecosystem health, with links to many other online resources.
see also Ecosystem Management
Environmental Management
Local Government Environmental Assistance Network Toolbox (US)
A directory to a set of high quality environmental management tools available online, including checklists and calculators.
"The Local Government Environmental Assistance Network has provided this toolbox as a resource to assist local government officials in their efforts to protect the environment and public health. Opening each drawer provides users with access to a variety of tools in a particular area of concern to local governments. The tools (interactive software or documents that require user input) are designed to help users perform operations and calculations necessary to fulfill environmental reporting requirements or guide the development of a helpful environmental program."
Environmental Management Systems in Government - Design Tools (Waste Reduction Resource Centre, US)
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme: Toolkit for small organisations
The principles, approaches and tools described have application to larger organisations as well.
Business and the environment
"Business and the Environment is a tool to assist you to manage your business and, naturally enough, will be used a little differently by every person who opens it. This is one of the reasons the information has been organised into topics, with lots of ‘hotlinks’ so that you can go straight to what you need."
see also Organisational Management Systems
Organisational development and change management
The People's Network Change Management Toolkit (NSW Govt)
"The process of managing change is concerned with how people can be encouraged and empowered to work in new ways; what support strategies are needed to help overcome resistance to change; methods of consultation; the roles of managers at different points in the change process; and the influence of organisational climate, structures, and ways of working on how well change is managed."
Institutional development: learning by doing and sharing (Capacity.org)
Extensive review of tools.
Benchmarking Tools & Techniques (Clearwater, Aust.)
A Guidebook of Financial Tools (US EPA)
see also Financing and Funding
Organisational Change
Community development and decision-making
Community engagement techniques and tools (iPlan)
Citizen science toolkit
A toolkit from the Coastal CRC of over 60 ways in which communities can be involved in decision-making, including:
- advisory committees
- citizen juries
- focus groups
- open space workshops.
Towards whole of community engagement: a practical toolkit (pdf)
Community Tool Box (USA)
"Our goal is to support your work in promoting community health and development. The Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical skill-building information on over 250 different topics."
