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Help all Australians to have environments that support healthy choices and promote heart health.
• A healthier food supply• More active living
• A smoke-free Australia
GOAL 1: Healthy Hearts
A Cross-Sector Issue
Co-benefits of investing in healthy built environments
• Public health benefits – Reduced heart disease– Reduced type 2 diabetes– Reduced obesity– Improvements in other risk factors
• Reduced traffic congestion• Reduced air pollution• Climate change, sustainability and reduced fossil fuel
dependence • Safer streets and more convivial neighborhoods• Vibrant communities • Fitness for work, productivity
(Giles Corti B., Foster S., Shilton TR & Falconer R. The co-benefits of investing in active transportation. NSW Public Health Bulletin. July 2010)
Collaborative Project
Coordinated by:
National Heart Foundation
In collaboration with:
Department of Planning
Department of Transport
Department of Sport and Recreation
Department of Health
Planning Institute of Australia
Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority
Landcorp
Commissioned partners:
HASSELL
CBEH
Aurecon
3 Phase Project – Commenced 2009
The Evidence – Western Australia• 40% of WA adults
insufficiently active
• By 2061 WA’s population is expected to reach 7.7 million,
• By 2020, an additional 1 million motorised vehicles are predicted to be on Perth roads
• Perth is the second most congested city in Australia
• Perth's urban sprawl has overtaken Los Angeles and Tokyo
• Rapid growth demonstrated in regional areas
• Rapid population growth must be underpinned by sufficient community infrastructure
Audience
Primary audience • Planners (Land Use and Transport)• Local Government (Planning and Transportation) • Developers
Secondary audience • Those who work with planners (and the built
environment) – Sport and recreation workers– Transport– Health promotion– Parks and gardens– Local Government officials – Education
End User Consultation
• Metro Workshops • Regional Workshops • Online surveys • Conferences• Master Class • End-user web testing• Local Government testing
• All with the primary end user in mind
HABD ToolSelected Design Features
– Mixed-use
– Movement Network
– Schools
– Sense of Place
– Shared Facilities
– Buildings
– Town centre/Main Street
– Public Open Space
– Housing Diversity
** The Food environment to be integrated
throughout all design features
Mixed-use
The creation of compact mixed-use neighbourhoods with a diverse mix of employment, education, retail, fresh and
healthy food outlets and recreation land uses and
destinations integrated with public transport and within
close proximity of a variety of residential dwelling types
allows residents to undertake and fulfil a variety of daily activities and needs (i.e., live, work, play) in their neighbourhood and encourages active and sustainable modes of transport.
Movement Network
Provide accessible, safe and connected movement
networks integrating walking, cycling and public transport
routes for safe and convenient travel within and between neighborhoods and to local
destinations.
Maximizes opportunities to engage in planned and
incidental physical activity and encourages the use of public
transport.
Town Centres / Main Street
Provide for the diverse daily needs of a community through
the provision of walkable neighbourhood and town
centres that act as community focal points or hubs with a
concentration of co-located destinations and mixed land uses that attract people for a
multitude of activities and fulfil a variety of daily activities
and needs. . These should be surrounded
by a network of connected streets, paths and cycle ways,
integrated with public transport and within close
proximity of a variety of residential dwelling types.
Public Open Space
Provide a well distributed network of walkable attractive
and public open spaces and natural areas within the
neighbourhood
Provides for a variety of recreational, sporting, play and social needs of the community.
Housing Diversity
Provide a range of residential lot sizes and choice of housing
products and tenures to facilitate housing diversity and
choice to meet the different housing needs of the
community.
This includes increased residential densities in close proximity to support mixed-
use centres, local employment, community facilities and public
transport.
Sense of Place
Walkable environments are required to enhance sense of community and social capital
by encouraging and facilitating social ties or community
connections through opportunities for residents to meet, interact and engage in
their neighbourhood.
Increases the sense of community or social capital through the facilitation of
interaction between residents.
Shared Facilities
Develop integrated community facilities and shared use of
sport and recreation facilities and spaces to enhance
opportunities for sports participant, physical activity
and enhancement of wellbeing and community interaction
and cohesion.
Schools
Provide schools within walkable proximity (around 800m) to homes and ensure that the routes to school are
connected and facilitate children’s active transport to
school through the provision of footpaths and cycling
infrastructure and served by public transport.
Provide sport and play opportunities for children and open spaces that are capable of accommodating a range of school and community needs,
as well as safe walking and cycling access.
Buildings
Develop buildings and site designs that specifically
supports increased levels of physical activity through the
provision of spaces and facilities that promote
incidental physical activity.
Design to encourage stair use, active transport (end of trip
facilities), less sitting, convenient access to public
transport options.
Multiple Features
• Evidence summary
• Policy links and priorities
• Best practice WA case studies
• Examples (international and national)
• Checklist
• Program/resource links
• Strong evidence Supported by a pattern of evidence from at least five
cross-sectional studies plus review-level evidence. Strength of research allows us to conclude that there is a relationship and a behavioural outcome.
• Emerging evidence Design strategies supported by an emerging pattern of
research. Existing studies have given reason to believe the that the intervention will likely lead to increased physical activity
• Suggested practices Indicates strategies without a formal evidence base. However theory, common understandings of behaviour and experience from existing practice indicate that these measures will likely increase physical activity.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.” – Christopher Hitchens.
Case Studies
• Introduction• Location • Description of project • Project team • Project cost• Values
• Health value • Economic value• Environmental value• Social value• Use value
Examples
Links to local, national andInternational projects thatdemonstrate the use of one ormore design features.
The links may refer to presentations,TED talks, strategies, resources, nonWestern Australian policies, projects or sites of interest.
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Future DirectionsPhase 3 – from 2014 Launch
2014 – 2015 • Ongoing maintenance, development of
website, partnership and evaluation– Policy updates and integration into
plans across sectors – New case studies and examples – New evidence
• Future website functionality– E.g. training modules– Video and graphics – Interactive tools– E news