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Having to own multiple cars comes at a cost to the finances and health of residents in the sprawling outer suburbs. David Crosling/AAP

Designing suburbs to cut car use closes gaps in health and wealth

Jerome N Rachele, Australian Catholic University; Aislinn Healy, Australian Catholic University; James F Sallis, University of California, San Diego, and Takemi Sugiyama, Australian Catholic University

One of the most effective ways to reduce health inequalities across Australia is to design neighbourhoods that free residents from having to rely on cars for transport.
For suburbs like fast-growing Tarneit in the Wyndham area, ‘hard’ infrastructure gets priority, leaving ‘soft’ social infrastructure to catch up later. Chris Brown/flickr

Some suburbs are being short‑changed on services and liveability – which ones and what’s the solution?

Melanie Davern, RMIT University; Carl Higgs, RMIT University; Claire Boulange, RMIT University; Lucy Gunn, RMIT University, and Rebecca Roberts, RMIT University

Traditionally, new communities first get hard infrastructure – schools, hospitals, transport – and ‘soft’ social infrastructure comes later. Liveability and public health suffer as a result.
While parts of Australian capital cities are highly liveable, access to the features that underpin liveability is highly unequal. kittis/shutterstock

This is what our cities need to do to be truly liveable for all

Julianna Rozek, RMIT University and Billie Giles-Corti, RMIT University

The challenge of creating liveable communities across Australia’s capital cities comes down to seven key factors. And assessed on this basis, parts of our cities don’t fare so well.
Staying physically active can play a big part in ageing well – and a well-designed neighbourhood helps with that. Maylat/shutterstock

Eight simple changes to our neighbourhoods can help us age well

Jerome N Rachele, Australian Catholic University; James F Sallis, University of California, San Diego, and Venurs Loh, Australian Catholic University

Our ageing population presents several social and economic challenges, particularly for the health sector. Physical activity can tackle many of these.

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  1. Cities
  2. Cities & Policy
  3. Healthy cities
  4. Healthy Liveable Cities
  5. Liveability
  6. Liveable cities
  7. Public health
  8. Public transport
  9. Transport policy
  10. Urban planning

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