By Fatemeh Aminpour, UNSW Sydney; Ilan Katz, UNSW Sydney, and Jennifer Skattebol, Western Sydney University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. One in seven people worldwide are neurodivergent. They may have a diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental condition such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or autism […]
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What is biophilic design? 3 ways ‘green’ buildings work better for neurodivergent people
April 10th, 2024 · No Comments · Cities, Wellbeing
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Most older Australians aren’t in aged care. Policy blind spots mean they live in communities that aren’t age-friendly
October 31st, 2022 · No Comments · Wellbeing
By Edgar Liu, UNSW Sydney; Bruce Judd, UNSW Sydney, and Mariana T Atkins, The University of Western Australia. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. In response to the horror stories of abuse and neglect from the Royal Commission into Aged Care, the new federal Labor […]
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What makes a great footpath? The answer is key to our happiness and wellbeing as we age
October 26th, 2022 · No Comments · Wellbeing
By Fatemeh Aminpour, UNSW Sydney. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. As people age, they often become less confident about walking. Fear of falling can limit the activity of older people, leading them to become isolated. So what, exactly, makes for a great footpath to […]
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Unprincipled moves: Is World Health Day worth celebrating?
April 19th, 2022 · No Comments · Government, Wellbeing
By Susan Thompson, Norma Shankie-Williams and Danny Wiggins. Originally published by The Fifth Estate for World Health Day (7 April). Our physical environment is central to our health. So with the NSW government dumping the D&P SEPP, is there much to celebrate this World Health Day? We celebrate and affirm many important causes and programs […]
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Shade: bringing planners and health professionals together to provide critical infrastructure
October 5th, 2021 · No Comments · Cities, Wellbeing
By Prof Susan Thompson, Liz King, Jan Fallding and Nicola Groskops. Originally published in New Planner, the journal of the Planning Institute of Australia (NSW Division). Increasingly communities are rightly demanding a built environment that makes it easy for everyone to be healthy and well as they go about their daily activities. This is related […]
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Healthy built environments: reinforcing the critical role of local planning in times of challenge
June 10th, 2020 · No Comments · Pandemic, Wellbeing
By Susan Thompson, City Futures Research Centre. This article originally appeared in New Planner – the journal of the New South Wales planning profession – published by the Planning Institute of Australia. For more information, please visit: www.planning.org.au/news/new-planner-nsw 2020 had barely begun and Australia was in the midst of the worst bushfire season in living memory. Searing heat across the […]
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Quality of life in high-density apartments varies. Here are 6 ways to improve it
May 29th, 2020 · No Comments · Cities, Guest appearance, Housing, Housing conditions, Public space, Strata, urban renewal, Wellbeing
By Hazel Easthope, UNSW; Laura Crommelin, UNSW; Laurence Troy, University of Sydney, and Megan Nethercote, RMIT University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. We’re building a lot of apartments in Australia. High-density precincts are being developed across our major cities. But these buildings and neighbourhoods […]
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City Dashboards in a time of COVID-19
April 28th, 2020 · No Comments · Cities, Data, Demographics, Economy, Housing, Pandemic, Wellbeing
By Chris Pettit, City Futures Research Centre. In an era of digitisation and smart cities we have seen the rise of city dashboards. These dashboards provide important information in the forms of graphs, charts and maps and hold the promise of better management and planning our cities. There is also an expectation that dashboards will […]
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Why housing evictions must be suspended to defend us against coronavirus
March 23rd, 2020 · No Comments · Economy, Government, Guest appearance, Housing, Law, Money, Pandemic, Wellbeing
Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock By Sophia Maalsen, University of Sydney; Chris Martin, UNSW; Dallas Rogers, University of Sydney, and Emma Power, Western Sydney University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The COVID-19 pandemic is a double crisis affecting public health and the economy. And both aspects are playing […]
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Greening for a resilient 21st century
November 19th, 2019 · No Comments · Cities, Government, Sustainability, Wellbeing
By Susan Thompson, City Futures Research Centre. Originally published in New Planner, the journal of the New South Wales planning profession, published by the Planning Institute of Australia. The great green city of the future is ecologically and economically resilient; it’s made up of healthy, livable neighborhoods where the benefits of nature are available to […]
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