Living liveable? RESIDE's evaluation of the “Liveable Neighborhoods” planning policy on the health supportive behaviors and wellbeing of residents in Perth, Western Australia

Hooper, Paula; Foster, Sarah; Bull, Fiona; Knuiman, Matthew; Christian, Hayley; Timperio, Anna; Trapp, Gina; Boruff, Bryan; Francis, Jacinta; Strange, Cecily; Badland, Hannah; Gunn, Lucy; Falconer, Ryan; Learnihan, Vincent; McCormack, Gavin R.; Sugiyama, Takemi; Giles‐Corti, Billie

doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100538

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“…The theory of walkable cities has guided several urban development policies worldwide. However, it is more emphatically used in countries with recent peaks of development, such as the United States [42] and Australia [43,78]. One central goal of those policies is to leverage poly-centric development aiming to reverse the negative effects of expansionism and suburbanization.…”

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Sustainable Transportation and Policy Development: A Study for Impact Analysis of Mobility Patterns and Neighborhood Assessment of Walking Behavior

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Since rapid growth and car-oriented patterns became a global threat and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) levels are advancing, strategies to redesign the built environment into healthier spaces have gained importance. Walkability plays a central role in this context. However, the literature is dominated by studies from western industrialized countries. In this paper, we employed structural equational modeling to analyze perceptual data collected from different neighborhoods of Muscat. We compared the responses regarding environmental attributes to the frequency of walking for transport. We found that land use mix combined with low residential density are the factors that have the highest impact on pedestrian activity. Conversely, the estimates of the pedestrian infrastructure were surprisingly low, suggesting that, in car dominant societies, walking perceptions are affected by drivers’ perspectives.

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Sustainable Transportation and Policy Development: A Study for Impact Analysis of Mobility Patterns and Neighborhood Assessment of Walking Behavior

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“…In line with previous reviews [11,70,71], a shorter distance to school and safe traffic environments were significant factors in supporting children's active travel behaviors. These features are interconnected and speak to the importance of comprehensive urban design approaches that embrace concepts such as walkable neighborhoods [72], livable neighborhoods [73], 15 min cities [74], and 20 min neighborhoods [75]. Across these concepts, having a range of destinations of importance within walkable distances from residential homes is fundamental.…”

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Associations between Children’s Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environments Using GIS: A Secondary Analysis from a Systematic Scoping Review

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Ikeda

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Regular participation in physical activity is essential for children’s physical, mental, and cognitive health. Neighborhood environments may be especially important for children who are more likely to spend time in the environment proximal to home. This article provides an update of evidence for associations between children’s physical activity behaviors and objectively assessed environmental characteristics derived using geographical information system (GIS)-based approaches. A systematic scoping review yielded 36 relevant articles of varying study quality. Most studies were conducted in the USA. Findings highlight the need for neighborhoods that are well connected, have higher population densities, and have a variety of destinations in the proximal neighborhood to support children’s physical activity behaviors. A shorter distance to school and safe traffic environments were significant factors in supporting children’s active travel behaviors. Areas for improvement in the field include the consideration of neighborhood self-selection bias, including more diverse population groups, ground-truthing GIS databases, utilising data-driven approaches to derive environmental indices, and improving the temporal alignment of GIS datasets with behavioral outcomes.

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“…Walking for transport. Earlier work from the RESIDE project has estimated the relationships between features of the built environment and a range of health-supportive behaviours and well-being outcomes for participants living across metropolitan Perth (Hooper et al, 2020) including walking for transport. Regression coefficients from fully-adjusted models (that accounted for demographics and known covariates of the outcome variables such as age, gender, education and income) were identified for associations with undertaking walking for transport (i.e.…”

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Development of a planning support system to evaluate transit-oriented development masterplan concepts for optimal health outcomes

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Bolleter

Edwards

2022

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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There is growing consensus that planning professionals need clearer guidance on features of the built environment that promote health benefits. Concomitantly, the smart city movement has created renewed opportunity and interest in data-driven urban modelling to support land use planning. Planning Support Systems (PSS) are spatially enabled computer-based analytical tools incorporating health-related metrics that apply empirical evidence on built environment relationships with health-related outcomes to inform real-world urban design, urban planning and transportation planning decisions. This paper presents the development of the Urban Health Check PSS to use local empirical data to explore and predict relative health impacts associated with proposed urban design planning changes from alternative new station precinct masterplan concepts. We present a case study where we compare a baseline scenario with alternative design concepts for a new train station precinct in Perth, Western Australia, that incorporated possible built environment interventions. Subsequently, we discuss potential future applications of health impact PSS for the translation and application of health evidence into practice.

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Living liveable? RESIDE's evaluation of the “Liveable Neighborhoods” planning policy on the health supportive behaviors and wellbeing of residents in Perth, Western Australia

Cited by 23 publications

References 89 publications

Sustainable Transportation and Policy Development: A Study for Impact Analysis of Mobility Patterns and Neighborhood Assessment of Walking Behavior

Sustainable Transportation and Policy Development: A Study for Impact Analysis of Mobility Patterns and Neighborhood Assessment of Walking Behavior

Associations between Children’s Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environments Using GIS: A Secondary Analysis from a Systematic Scoping Review

Development of a planning support system to evaluate transit-oriented development masterplan concepts for optimal health outcomes

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