Healthy Communities and Infrastructure
How can we plan, design and construct facilities and communities that are resilient, inclusive and promote better health outcomes?
A wide range of current research projects and collaborative groups of researchers in the Faculty are addressing these kinds of challenges through a wide variety of tactics applied to local Melbourne, national and international community-settings.
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Advancing new home sustainability through demand-side empowerment
Investigating homebuyer decision-making. Monitoring of energy efficiency and sustainability communication on volume home builder websites and social media.
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Amoonguna Transport Facilities
Shaping new community aspirations and furthering design capability
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An International Comparative Assessment On Public Transport Safety
A Case Study Of Metro Manila
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Bellary Springs Community Centre
Partnering with communities to develop solutions
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Building an Integrated System for Australian Bushfire Prevention
This project aims to work closely with researchers, practitioners, the community and Crime Stoppers to develop a comprehensive approach to prevent arson.
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Building Health Hardware in Papua New Guinea
Sustainable facilities for improved health outcomes
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Climate Change Adaptation: Suitability Indices of Human Settlement Fire Vulnerability
Identifying and assessing bushfire risk to homes
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Community Activated Placemaking Spaces (CAPS)
The project harnesses community-based participatory research to evaluate existing use patterns of playgrounds and ancillary public spaces as intergenerational spaces to inform improved design for social inclusion and community wellbeing.
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Designing for Wellbeing: Realizing Benefits for Patients through Best Practice Hospital Design
The environmental design of healthcare facilities has been shown to directly affect the wellbeing of patients and their families.
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Development and trial of a low-carbon living co-benefits calculator
The aim of this project is to develop and trial a prototype low-carbon precinct co-benefits calculator for use by urban planners and designers.
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Effects of feedback and incentive-based insurance on driving behaviours
The broader funded project is the first experimental study to examine the extent to which direct-feedback and incentive-based insurance modify a driver's behaviour.
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Equitable Outcomes in Adaptation to Sea Level Rise
Adapting to sea-level rise is a challenging but important task for communities and governments to navigate.
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Evaluating 21st Century Learning Environments
The recent raft of educational capital works projects in Australia have developed a wide range of '21stC' learning environments.
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Exploring the contribution of Indigenous Cultural Practices for Health and Wellbeing in Indigenous young people
This project is developing an Elder-led model of health care that includes reclamation of Indigenous cultural practices, guided by Indigenous artists, to improve mental health and wellbeing.
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Getting to Yes: Overcoming Barriers to Affordable Family Friendly Housing in the Central City
Examing the concepts of 'family-friendly' and 'affordable' in the context of the central city
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How Can Food Hubs Catalyse Healthy and Resilient Local Food Systems in Victoria?
Supporting sustainable farming and access to food
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Level-crossing removals: learning from Melbourne’s experience
Getting the best from level-crossing removals in Melbourne.
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Neonatal and Composting Ablutions Facility in Suanum, PNG
Building safer and healthier facilities for mothers, babies and the community
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PedCatch
Topographical accessibility modelling for people with mobility impairments
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Public transport safety for tertiary students
An international study
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Renewable energy for carbon neutral cities
Feasibility of solar, wind and biomass for sustainable energy landscape planning in Victoria
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ROOM: Digital design to fabrication in temporary accommodation options for youth homelessness
ROOM harnesses digital design to digital fabrication and building optimisation to produce a customised performance-efficient, low cost ‘self-build’ unit - offering training opportunity - in producing external living space as reusable temporary accommodation.
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Safer cycling in the urban road environment
The study is the first comprehensive study in Australia that combines academic, government and community efforts to enhance cycling activity while addressing safety concerns.
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Seacombe West – Australia’s First Regenerative Community
The Seacombe West site is significantly degraded as a result of salt water entering the Gippsland Lakes system in the late 1800s.
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The effect of anticipatory modification on design
Evaluating housing adaptation grant programs for people with disabilities as drivers of innovation.
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The Future of Bicycle Transport in Urban China: a Case Study of Xi’an
This research aims to discover new knowledge and emerging business opportunities in the planning and development of bicycle transport in Chinese cities.
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Visions, Scenarios and Pathways for Low-Carbon Resilient Futures in Australian Cities
The aim of this project is to explore and articulate visions, scenarios and pathways for a low carbon and resilient built environment in Australia.
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Visualising an Irresistible Future
Imagining an Irresistible and Sustainable Future using Film and Testing Behavioural and Attitudinal Shifts in a School Community
Researchers
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Leire Asensio-Villoria, Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design -
Zahra Assarkhaniki, Research Fellow in Urban Innovation -
Dr Behnaz Avazpour, Postdoctoral Research Associate -
Dr Jessica Borg, Lecturer in Construction Management -
Dr Geoffrey Browne, Postdoctoral Research Fellow -
Dr Simona Castricum, Postdoctoral Research Fellow -
A/Prof Ben Cleveland, Associate Professor in Learning Environments -
Dr Patrick Cobbinah, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning -
Professor Robert Crawford, Professor in Construction and Environmental Assessment -
A/Prof Jennifer Day, Associate Professor in Urban Planning -
Dr Raghu Dharmapuri Tirumala, Senior Lecturer in Property -
Dr Natalie Galea, Senior Research Fellow -
Professor Ray Green, Professor in Landscape Architecture and Heritage -
Professor Sun Sheng Han, Professor of Urban Planning -
Dr Olivia Ho, Lecturer in Property -
A/Prof Anna Hurlimann, Associate Professor in Urban Planning -
Dr Chris Jensen, Lecturer in Construction Management -
Dr Hyung Min Kim, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning -
Dr Huey Wen Lim, Mckenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow -
David Mah, Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design -
Professor Alan March, Professor in Urban Planning -
Dr Andrew Martel, Lecturer in Construction Management and Architecture -
A/Prof Iderlina Mateo-Babiano, Assistant Dean (Diversity and Inclusion) and Associate Professor in Urban Planning -
A/Prof Julie Tian Miao, Associate Professor in Property and Economic Development -
Dr Kerry Nice, Research Fellow -
A/Prof Masa Noguchi, Associate Professor in Environmental Design -
Dr Timothy O'Leary, Lecturer in Construction Economics -
Professor Alan Pert, Deputy Dean -
Dr Hannah Robertson, Lecturer -
Dr Sachith Seneviratne, Research Fellow in Computer Vision and Health -
Professor Mark Stevenson, Professor of Urban Transport and Public Health -
Dr John Stone, Senior Lecturer in Transport Planning -
A/Prof Jason Thompson, Senior Research Fellow -
Professor Piyush Tiwari, Professor in Property -
Associate Professor Kate Tregloan, Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) -
Dr Wei Yang, Lecturer in Construction Management -
Dr Haifeng Zhao, Urban Data Science Research Fellow