Artist’s impression of Buckhurst Street, Fishermans Bend.
For people to start walking, they need a destination By Sandra Edmunds We need to develop creative ways of building communities so that workable and walkable neighbourhoods are not just accidental, according to Professor Billie Giles-Corti.
of Population Health at the University of Western Australia. She is now the director of the McCaughey VicHealth Centre for Community Wellbeing, which sits within the University of Melbourne’s School of Population and Global Health.
The academic from Western Australia looks at ways to encourage people to live healthy lifestyles. Giles-Corti established the Centre for the Built Environment and Health at the School
Giles-Corti’s team is developing a Liveability Index for Victoria, looking at a number of policy areas such as access to shops and services, walkability, access to recreational opportunities, access to
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