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Urban liveability

Emerging lessons from Australia for exploring the potential for indicators to measure the social determinants of health

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ID4599007
AuthorsHannah Badland (0000-0002-8936-2715), Carolyn Whitzman (0000-0001-8544-0328), M Lowe (0000-0002-9703-1895), Melanie Davern (0000-0002-3790-0024), Lu Aye (0000-0002-5495-1683), Ian Butterworth (0000-0002-6642-7002), Iain Butterworth, D He (0000-0003-0975-9155), Dominique Hes (0000-0001-6495-9059), Billie Giles-Corti (0000-0003-0102-0225)
Year2014
Volume111
Pages64-73
Publication date2014-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.04.003
PMID24762261
OpenAlexW1989300628
LanguageEN
Citations received95
References cited62

Community cohesion · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Health equity · Health indicator · Political science · Public economics · Public health · Social determinants of health · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Health Policy

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  • Planning Healthy, Liveable and Sustainable Cities

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  • Multidimensional disparities in urban liveability across Chinese non-core cities

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  • The impact of liveability on active (leisure) travel

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  • Is Victoria’s Planning System Designed to Deliver Health Supportive and Liveable Cities

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  • The influence of structural characteristics, perceived environmental quality and spatial behaviour on health and well-being of suburban dwellers - a context sensitive study

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  • A Generalized Framework for Measuring Pedestrian Accessibility around the World Using Open Data

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  • District-scale assessment of urban sustainability

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  • What is the meaning of urban liveability for a city in a low-to-middle-income country? Contextualising liveability for Bangkok, Thailand

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  • Walk a Mile in My Shoes! An Autoethnographical Perspective of Urban Walkability in Galway

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    Open Access•Guzman Paloma, Daly Cathy•Environmental Science & Policy•2025

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    Open Access•Luna Rezende Machado De Sousa, Arlette Saint Ville et al.•Global Public Health•2019

  • Air Pollution (PM2.5) Negatively Affects Urban Livability in South Korea and China

    Open Access•Sunmin Jun, Mengying Li et al.•International Journal of…•2022

  • Longitudinal Associations between the Neighborhood Built Environment and Cognition in US Older Adults

    Open Access•Lilah Besser, Lun‐Ching Chang et al.•International Journal of…•2021

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    Open Access•Pablo Alberto Sáinz-Ruiz, José Ramon Martinez-Riera•International Journal of…•2022

  • Urban Parks as Perceived by City Residents with Mobility Difficulties

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  • Examining the relationship between urban liveability and gender-based violence

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  • Healthy Cities of Tomorrow

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  • Use of scientific evidence to inform environmental health policies and governance strategies at the local level

    Open Access•Gabriele Donzelli, Nunzia Linzalone•Environmental Science & Policy•2023

  • Spatial and socioeconomic inequities in liveability in Australia’s 21 largest cities

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    Open Access•Venurs Loh, Venurs HY Loh et al.•Health & Place•2019

  • County-level housing affordability in relation to risk factors for cardiovascular disease among middle-aged adults

    Open Access•Jordan Rodgers, Becky A Briesacher et al.•Health & Place•2019

  • The neighborhood environment and its association with the spatio-temporal footprint of tobacco consumption and changes in smoking-related behaviors in a Swiss urban area

    Open Access•Juan R Vallarta‐robledo, Juan R Vallarta-Robledo et al.•Health & Place•2022

  • Development and validation of statewide survey-based measures of livability in Connecticut

    Open Access•Nishita Dsouza, Amy Carroll-Scott et al.•Health & Place•2024

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    Open Access•Guoxin Fu•Sustainable Development•2021

  • Is walkability equitably distributed across socio-economic groups? – A spatial analysis for Lisbon metropolitan area

    Open Access•Mauro Pereira, Mauro F Pereira et al.•Journal of Transport Geography•2022

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  • Housing financial stress and community well-being

    Open Access•Steven Deller, Erin Gaede et al.•Journal of Rural Studies•2026

  • Do multilingual androids dream of a better life in Australia? Effectiveness of information technology for government translation to support refugees and migrants in Australia

    Open Access•Ben O’Mara, George Carey•Australian Journal of Public…•2019

  • Stratification of Livability

    Open Access•Tatjana Neuhuber, Antonia Schneider•Social Indicators Research•2025

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    Open Access•Amanda Alderton, Zoe Aitken et al.•Social Science & Medicine•2025

  • Liveability and its interpretation in urban water management

    Open Access•Beata Sochacka, Beata A Sochacka et al.•Cities•2021

  • Multi-objective land use optimization for enhanced urban livability using a NSGA-III-differential evolution algorithm

    Open Access•Yian Wang, Xueqing Zhou et al.•Land Use Policy•2026

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    Open Access•Arpita Jana, Arnab Jana et al.•Land Use Policy•2020

  • The x-minute city

    Open Access•Tom Logan, T M Logan et al.•Cities•2022

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    Open Access•M Lowe, Sarah Bell et al.•Cities•2024

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    Open Access•Dongsheng Zhan, Mei-Po Kwan et al.•Cities•2018

  • Socio-physical liveability through socio-spatiality in low-income resettlement archetypes - A case of slum rehabilitation housing in Mumbai, India

    Open Access•Ahana Sarkar, Ronita Bardhan•Cities•2020

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    Open Access•Jinhee Kim, Evelyne De Leeuw et al.•Cities•2022

  • Are public open space attributes associated with walking and depression

    Open Access•Mohammad Javad Koohsari, Hannah Badland et al.•Cities•2018

  • Livability assessment within a metropolis based on the impact of integrated urban geographic factors (Iugfs) on clustering urban centers of Kolkata

    Open Access•Arpan Paul, Joy Sen•Cities•2018

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    Open Access•Moslem Savari, Mehrdad Moradi•Habitat International•2022

  • Developing a methodology for assessing livability potential

    Open Access•Arpan Paul•Habitat International•2020

  • Social cohesion and local democracy as determinants of health

    Open Access•Geoffrey R Browne, Miranda Leckey•Environmental Impact Assessment…•2022

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    Open Access•Fei Xue, Stephen SiuYu Lau et al.•Environmental Impact Assessment…•2019

  • Urban Sustainability Indicators

    Derui Deng, Shiyao Liu et al.•Australian Geographer•2017

  • An overview of enhancing children's urban liveability in Algeria

    Open Access•Abir Labdani, Soufiane Fezzai et al.•Cities•2026

  • Liveable regional places for people with disabilities

    Open Access•Natalia Gonzalez Bohorquez, Christina Malatzky et al.•Health & Place•2025

  • Ethnographic insights on the livability of migrant ready-made garment workers in peri-urban Bangladesh

    Open Access•Sadika Haque, Sahed Khan et al.•Cities•2025

  • Citizen's preferences for urban planning priorities

    Open Access•Kerstin K Zander, Griffin Hill et al.•Cities•2025

  • Factors Influencing Urban Livability in Seoul, Korea

    Open Access•Kyung-Young Lee•Social Sciences•2021

  • Mapping migrants' narratives

    Open Access•Rana Dadpour, Lisa Law et al.•Geographical Research•2025

  • Liveable for whom? Prospects of urban liveability to address health inequities

    Open Access•Hannah Badland, Jamie R Pearce et al.•Social Science & Medicine•2019

  • Liveability aspirations and realities

    Open Access•M Lowe, Jonathan Arundel et al.•Social Science & Medicine•2020

  • Framing health for land-use planning legislation

    Open Access•Patrick Harris, Jennifer Kent et al.•Social Science & Medicine•2016

  • What Is Rural Well-Being and How Is It Measured? An Attempt to Order Chaos

    Open Access•Vanda Veréb, Carla Susana Marques et al.•Rural Sociology•2024

  • Are Area-Level Measures of Employment Associated with Health Behaviours and Outcomes

    Open Access•Hannah Badland, Allison Milner et al.•Social Indicators Research•2017

  • Living Near to Attractive Nature? A Well-Being Indicator for Ranking Dutch, Danish, and German Functional Urban Areas

    Open Access•Michiel N Daams, Paolo Veneri•Social Indicators Research•2017

  • Conceptualising and Measuring Spatial Indicators of Employment Through a Liveability Lens

    Open Access•Hannah Badland, Melanie Davern et al.•Social Indicators Research•2016

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    Open Access•Terry Hartig, Gary W Evans et al.•Journal of Environmental Psychology•2003

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    Open Access•Richard Mitchell, Frank Popham•The Lancet•2008

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    Open Access•Macintyre, Sally Macintyre•International Journal of…•2007

  • The development of a walkability index

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  • Food store availability and neighborhood characteristics in the United States

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  • Adolescence and the social determinants of health

    Open Access•Russell Viner, Russell M Viner et al.•The Lancet•2012

  • Neighborhood Built Environment and Transport and Leisure Physical Activity

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  • Built Environment, Adiposity, and Physical Activity in Adults Aged 50–75

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    Open Access•Tarani Chandola, Jane E Ferrie et al.•BMJ•2007

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    Eric Dumbaugh, Robert Rae•Journal of the American Planning…•2009

  • The Death and Life of Great American Cities

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  • The Effects of Cognitive and Noncognitive Abilities on Labor Market Outcomes and Social Behavior

    James J Heckman, Jora Stixrud et al.•Journal of Labor Economics•2006

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    Carlos J L Balsas•Planning Practice and Research•2004

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    Open Access•Lisa Wood, Tya Shannon et al.•Health & Place•2007

  • The fear of crime and area differences in health

    Open Access•Tarani Chandola•Health & Place•2001

  • Cultural Capital and Self-Rated Health in Low Income Women

    Open Access•Marwan Khawaja, Mona Mowafi•Journal of Urban Health•2006

  • The environmental impact of cities

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  • (Re)Designing the built environment to support physical activity

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  • Developing and using local community wellbeing indicators

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  • Cultural capital and social inequality in health

    T Abel•Journal of Epidemiology and…•2008

  • Housing and inequalities in health

    Philippa Howden-Chapman•Journal of Epidemiology and…•2002

  • Confronting the Challenges in Reconnecting Urban Planning and Public Health

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  • Housing and Health

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  • Urban Sprawl as a Risk Factor in Motor Vehicle Occupant and Pedestrian Fatalities

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  • The Uncertain Geographic Context Problem

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  • The Disappearance of the State from “Livable” Urban Spaces

    Open Access•Katherine Hankins, Katherine B Hankins et al.•Antipode•2009

  • Closing the gap in a generation

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  • Healthy Places

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  • Social capital, SES and health

    Open Access•Gerry Veenstra•Social Science & Medicine•2000

  • Poverty, affluence, and income inequality

    Open Access•Ming Wen, C R Browning et al.•Social Science & Medicine•2003

  • Neighborhood Disadvantage, Disorder, and Health

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