TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial and socioeconomic inequities in liveability in Australia'S 21 largest cities
T2 - Does city size matter?
AU - Giles-Corti, Billie
AU - Saghapour, Tayebeh
AU - Turrell, Gavin
AU - Gunn, Lucy
AU - Both, Alan
AU - Lowe, Melanie
AU - Rozek, Julianna
AU - Roberts, Rebecca
AU - Hooper, Paula
AU - Butt, Andrew
AU - Higgs, Carl
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding from The Australia Prevention Partnership Centre (NHMRC #9100003) supported AB, LG, CH, TS, and the establishment of the Australian Urban Observatory. BGC is supported by an RMIT VC Professorial Fellowship.Funding from The Australia Prevention Partnership Centre (NHMRC #9100003) supported AB, LG, CH, TS, and the establishment of the Australian Urban Observatory. BGC is supported by an RMIT VC Professorial Fellowship. Previous contributors to the Healthy Liveable Cities Lab's liveability studies are acknowledged including: Professor Hannah Badland, Dr Jonathan Arundel, Dr Suzanne Mavoa, Dr Koen Simons, Associate Professor Melanie Davern and Dr Karen Villanueva. The authors acknowledge the range of data custodians that have provided data for this study, including: ABS; OpenStreetMap contributors; Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority (ACECQA); Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA); Healthdirect Australia and Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN); and State and Territory transport agencies. Maps of the ULI and its underlying built environment measures presented here are available through The Australian Urban Observatory https://auo.org.au. The contributions made by other previous and current AUO team members in creating and disseminating those data (including Dr. Jonathan Arundel, Carl Higgs, Associate Professor Melanie Davern, Fadhillah Norzahari and Rebecca Roberts) are gratefully acknowledged.
Funding Information:
Funding from The Australia Prevention Partnership Centre ( NHMRC #9100003) supported AB, LG, CH, TS, and the establishment of the Australian Urban Observatory. BGC is supported by an RMIT VC Professorial Fellowship.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - Spatial and area-level socioeconomic variation in urban liveability (access to social infrastructure, public transport, open space, healthy food choices, local employment, street connectivity, dwelling density, and housing affordability) was examined and mapped across 39,967 residential statistical areas in Australia's metropolitan (n = 7) and largest regional cities (n = 14). Urban liveability varied spatially, with inner-city areas more liveable than outer suburbs. Disadvantaged areas in larger metropolitan cities were less liveable than advantaged areas, but this pattern was reversed in smaller cities. Local data could inform policies to redress inequities, including those designed to avoid disadvantage being suburbanised as cities grow and gentrify.
AB - Spatial and area-level socioeconomic variation in urban liveability (access to social infrastructure, public transport, open space, healthy food choices, local employment, street connectivity, dwelling density, and housing affordability) was examined and mapped across 39,967 residential statistical areas in Australia's metropolitan (n = 7) and largest regional cities (n = 14). Urban liveability varied spatially, with inner-city areas more liveable than outer suburbs. Disadvantaged areas in larger metropolitan cities were less liveable than advantaged areas, but this pattern was reversed in smaller cities. Local data could inform policies to redress inequities, including those designed to avoid disadvantage being suburbanised as cities grow and gentrify.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85140008355&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102899
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102899
M3 - Article
C2 - 36242828
AN - SCOPUS:85140008355
SN - 1353-8292
VL - 78
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - Health and Place
JF - Health and Place
M1 - 102899
ER -
