Stakeholders' perceptions and preferences towards industrial water sensitive development in New Zealand.

Understanding stakeholders' perceptions and preferences is key to promoting Industrial Water Sensitive Design (IWSD). A questionnaire was distributed to stakeholders in a conventional New Zealand industrial area. The results showed that technological feasibility limitation, institutional inertia, and cognitive shortage were the main barriers to IWSD application, though stakeholders supported IWSD and preferred the vegetation-based measures. IWSD should focus on achieving the enhancement of environmental quality, greening functions, community well-being, traffic and driving convenience, and balancing the aesthetic demand and attractiveness of IWSD projects. Improving the threshold of IWSD measures' pollutant removal capacity and optimizing infiltration places and flow paths are also vital. Results suggest IWSD implementation requires the transformation of public awareness, the establishment of sound regulations, plus IWSD guidance, practitioner training guidance, and incentive mechanisms. The findings facilitate public acceptance, strategic planning, the formulation of regulations for future IWSD application, and achievement of sustainable industrial development. The study concludes by providing recommendations for future work. PRACTITIONER POINTS: Industrial Sustainable Stormwater Management is a research and practice gap. The main barriers of IWSD are technological feasibility limitation, institutional inertia, and cognitive shortage. Traffic and driving convenience, greening functions, aesthetic value balance, and health improvement are vital for improving social acceptance of IWSD. IWSD requires sound policy, awareness transformation, and reasonable design for capacity of IWSD measures and stormwater infiltration and flow.