City Futures Research Centre UNSW Built Environment

University of Sydney

Organisation name University of Sydney
Organisation type Academic institution
Organisation fields
  • Health
Description
This academic institution undertakes education, research and service associated with Public Health.
Commenced Work Five to ten years ago
Type(s) of HBE Activity
  • Policy development
  • Advocacy for healthy built environments
  • Research to better understand healthy built environments
  • Translating research into policy
  • Capacity building / staff training
Key objectives of HBE activities
  • To improve people's physical health
  • To increase people's physical activity level
  • To strengthen social capital
  • To reduce pollution from traffic
  • To promote active transport (walking, cycling, public transport)
  • To improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists
The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to getting people active
  • Promoting walking for daily travel / recreation
  • Promoting cycling for daily travel / recreation
  • Promoting use of public transportation for daily travel
The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to strengthening and connecting communities
  • Advocating for places where people can meet and connect
  • Encouraging supportive social networks within neighbourhoods and participation in decision-making
The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to providing access to healthy food
  • Advocating for controls on food advertising of fast food and exposure in public places
  • Advocating for public transport measures that support access to healthy food (e.g. schedules and timetables and routes, space to store parcels en route, shopping shuttles, home delivery services and/or support for local corner shops and convenience stores)
The organisation takes part in the following specific HBE activities
See the web site for the Prevention Research Collaboration group.
Target Population
  • General population
Geographic Focus of HBE activities
  • All of the state
Website http://sydney.edu.au/architecture/