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Health, Place & Society

WebThe Health, Place and Society research team generates scientific research to create healthier people and places to live and a fairer society. Our applied research is co …

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Healthy Liveable Cities Lab

WebCreating healthy, liveable and sustainable cities is a major challenge in the face of population growth, social inequalities, traffic congestion, increases in non-communicable …

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Testing public transport policies with travel and health …

WebPublic transport is a marker of a city’s liveability and an important social determinant of health. Those living in more walkable and public transport-oriented neighbourhoods are …

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Global Healthy and Sustainable City-Indicators …

WebTo identify and measure health-related policy and spatial indicators in cities worldwide. The Global Healthy and Sustainable City Collaboration involved over 80 collaborators from 25 …

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NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy, …

WebThe National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Healthy, Liveable Communities will seek to address these gaps by: …

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Liveable urban environments: An opportunity or threat to …

WebYet it is not clear whether the focus amongst planners and other policymakers on fashioning liveability is an opportunity – or threat – to reducing health inequities.. On the one hand …

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Creating built environments to support active living

WebCreating built environments to support active living. More than 75% of the population of Australia’s largest cities continue to live in suburbs. The implications include reduced …

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Professor Gavin Turrell

WebProfessor Gavin Turrell. Gavin is a Professor in the Healthy Liveable Cities Lab. His primary research interests are in social epidemiology, with a focus on the social determinants of …

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Transport Health Assessment Tool for Brisbane (THAT …

WebTHAT-Brisbane builds on THAT-Melbourne, a Planning Institute of Australia Award winning tool for measuring life-time health benefits from walking and cycling.

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The Healthy Liveable Communities Urban Liveability Checklist

WebThe Healthy Liveable Communities Urban Liveability Checklist is the culmination of a five-year research program, that included creating a set of validated built environment …

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The National Liveability Study

WebBackground: In 2013, the Prevention Centre funded the National Liveability Study to develop and validate a set of national, urban, policy-relevant, liveability indicators associated with …

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Understanding and planning for the health and wellbeing impacts …

WebThis project brings together researchers and practitioners planning for equitable health and wellbeing outcomes for all in the context of a changing climate.

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The High Life: Could apartment design policy improve residents’ …

WebThe High Life project examines the interplay between apartment design policy, the design and location of apartment buildings, and residents’ health and wellbeing outcomes in …

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Centre for Urban Research

WebAcknowledgement of Country We pay respects to Ancestors and Elders of the Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung speaking peoples, where CUR is located. Read more

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Emerita Professor Billie Giles-Corti

WebBillie Giles-Corti is an RMIT Emerita Professor. From 2017-20 she was RMIT’s Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform Director, and from 2017-22 she led the Centre for …

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Heatwaves, Homes & Health

WebThe Heatwaves, Homes & Health project investigated the impacts of electricity pricing and energy policy on heat vulnerable households. Project dates: 2017. The project involved …

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Changing Children’s Chances

WebChanging Children’s Chances brings together leading national and international child equity researchers to identify potential ways to reduce early developmental inequities in …

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LAUNCH: The Lancet Global Health Series on Urban Design, …

WebJoin the Series authors, led by Billie Giles-Corti, on Wednesday May 11, 9am AEST, for the global launch of the new The Lancet Global Health Series on Urban Design, Transport, …

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Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health

WebThe Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH) aims to identify cost-effective policies that improve the health of people with disabilities in Australia. Project …

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