This Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC) project initially examines existing, proposed and strategic planning in relation to Perth Water and surrounds by various stakeholders, including the City of Perth, City of South Perth, Department of Parks and Wildlife amongst others. In combination with a geospatial and site based analysis this research provides a snapshot of the current planning for, Perth Water. It also reveals that there is substantial consensus that the foreshores of Perth Water should be considered part of a green infrastructure network, and that they are crucial to the identity, liveability and ecology of the city. Given this situation, the project poses the questions - how can the green infrastructure role for Perth Water’s foreshores, as proposed in existing planning, be enhanced at the same time as adapting to projected Sea level Rise (SLR), which mapping shows poses a significant risk to the foreshores and adjacent low lying urban areas?