Policy-Relevant Spatial Inidicators of Urban Liveability And Sustainability: Scaling From Local to Global

Higgs, C; Alderton, A; Rozek, J; Adlakha, D; Badland, H; Boeing, G; Both, A; Cerin, E; Chandrabose, M; De Gruyter, C; De Livera, Alysha; Gunn, L; Hinckson, E; Liu, S; Mavoa, S; Sallis, JF; Simons, K; Giles-Corti, B

doi:10.26181/23699829.v1

Policy-Relevant Spatial Inidicators of Urban Liveability And Sustainability: Scaling From Local to Global

journal contribution

posted on 2023-07-17, 23:51 authored by C Higgs, A Alderton, J Rozek, D Adlakha, H Badland, G Boeing, A Both, E Cerin, M Chandrabose, C De Gruyter, Alysha De LiveraAlysha De Livera, L Gunn, E Hinckson, S Liu, S Mavoa, JF Sallis, K Simons, B Giles-Corti

Urban liveability is a global priority for creating healthy, sustainable cities. Measurement of policy-relevant spatial indicators of the built and natural environment supports city planning at all levels of government. Analysis of their spatial distribution within cities, and impacts on individuals and communities, is crucial to ensure planning decisions are effective and equitable. This paper outlines challenges and lessons from a 5-year collaborative research program, scaling up a software workflow for calculating a composite indicator of urban liveability for residential address points across Melbourne, to Australia’s 21 largest cities, and further extension to 25 global cities in diverse contexts.

Funding

This work was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council [grant numbers 1061404, 9100001, GNT1107672]; Australian Government National Environmental Science Program - Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub; RMIT University; Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) under a Sustainable Development Goals Partnership Grant; Australian Catholic University; Economic and Social Research Council; The Public Good Projects; Global Challenges Research Fund administered by the Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland, UK.

History

Publication Date

2022-09-05

Journal

Urban Policy and Research

Volume

40

Issue

4

Pagination

(p. 321-334)

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

0811-1146

Rights Statement

© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.