Phase Two of the project consists of two prospective case studies, one in the Greater Darwin region in the Northern Territory, and the other in the Wet Tropics Region of north Queensland. The two prospective case studies will involve participants in action research to implement and evaluate lessons from both the review and analysis of literature, institutional arrangements and the retrospective case studies. Outputs will form a toolkit of good practices and improved planning approaches which will be developed into a training program on collaborative water planning in Northern Australia. These products will also be available for use and further refinement in other collaborative water planning settings elsewhere in Australia and overseas.

To complement the case studies, a national survey of water planners was conducted to ensure that the products from the research will meet the knowledge and capacity needs of water planners in Australia.

Volume 5: Knowledge and Capacity Needs for Water Planners in Australia: National Survey Findings

Volume 6: Case Studies of Collaborative Planning Tool Trials