1. Building healthy liveable cities: are we there yet?
Billie Giles-Corti
Director, Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform and Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research
NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow

6. Why density matters?
Walking in high walkable Perth neighbourhoods 2.79 times higher than low walkable neighbourhoods
Walking by residents living near high walkable Melbourne neighbourhood activity centres (densities of 28 dwellings/hectare) 9 times higher than in low walkable activity centres; and those living near moderately walkable activity centres (20 dwellings per hectare) 2.75 times higher
In Melbourne neighbourhoods with densities dwellings/hectare (gross), walking trips 2.52 times higher and public transport trips 2.99 times higher than low walkable neighbourhoods; at dwellings/hectare cycling 5.58 times higher and motor vehicle trips halved.

7. Urban & transport planning & design interventions
Urban system policies
Urban & transport planning & design interventions
Transport mode & daily living outcomes
Transport mode outcomes
Transport
Regional Planning
Private motor vehicle
Destination accessibility
Public transport
Social & health services
Distribution of employment
Cycling
Education
Walking
Demand management
Employment & economic development
Local urban design
Demand
Attitudes & preferences
Land use & urban design
Design
Social & cultural norms
Housing
Density
Mobility needs
Distance to transit
Public open space & recreation
Daily living outcomes
Diversity
Public safety
Employment & education access
Desirability
Food & health service access
Social & recreational access
Demographics
Age
Gender

8. So what??

9. Spatial patterning of walkability - CASEY

11. Odds of any local transport walking trips in Melbourne1
Odds of walking
Low
High
Deciles of walkability
1Adjusted for sex, age, household structure, employment status, study status, driver’s license,
household vehicle availability, and survey day of week

12. Selandra Rise urban design metrics vs most walkable areas in Melbourne
Dwelling density1 (dph)
Street connectivity (intersections/km2)
Land use mix (0-1, higher value is more land use mix)
Selandra Rise1
8.02
79.3
0.45
Metropolitan Melbourne (top 10% of transport walkability)
33.7
145.8
0.48
Difference
76%
46% 6%
1Gross density – NB: Likely an underestimate and may increase as development is completed

13. Walkability vs ‘Liveability’1
Access to public open space
Access to healthy food options
Access to affordable housing
Access to employment
Access to public transport
Access to shops, services and social infrastructure
Urban design
Integrated planning
1DHHS Health and Wellbeing Strategy