ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the aspect of flood resilience in order to demonstrate the application of adaptation planning process (WSCapp) in Elster creek based on change propagation. In contemporary adaptation planning, building resilience is considered together with objectives such as sustainability, productivity and transformations. WSCapp has been developed drawing on knowledge and practices that are prevalent in the automobile and aerospace sectors, where adaptation such as to changing customer requirements, technological advancements and market variations is facilitated using flexible designs. The chapter explains WSCapp to incorporate and evaluate flexibility into adaptation measures for managing flood risk in the Elster Creek catchment in Melbourne, Australia. WSCapp has been applied in the context of adapting to flooding in the catchment of Elster Creek in Melbourne. WSCapp applied in the context of adapting to urban flooding in Elster Creek compliments the contemporary adaptation planning approaches.
