Planning and Building Healthy Communities: A multidisciplinary longitudinal study of the relationship between the built environment and human health

这个项目考察了城市环境如何支持健康。这项研究长期跟踪居民的行为，填补了目前关于城市环境如何管理和促进良好健康的知识空白(国家研究重点领域)。它将确定选定地点的设计特点、社会干预措施和位置质量，这些都对人类健康有积极的好处。这项研究将描述生活在类似特征地区的未来澳大利亚人可能的健康后果。它还将通过汇聚一个来自城市规划、发展和卫生的团队，加强这一领域的多学科方法和政策制定。

This project examines how urban environments support health. Tracking residents’ behaviours over a long time, the study fills a gap in current knowledge about how urban environments manage and promote good health (a national research priority area). It will identify the design features, social interventions and locational qualities in selected sites which positively benefit human health. The research will describe the likely health outcomes for future Australians living in areas with similar characteristics. It will also strengthen multidisciplinary approaches and policy development in this area by bringing together a team from urban planning, development and health.