Liveability transitioning: Results of a pilot study of walking, accessibility, and social connection strengths weaknesses in established suburbs in Adelaide

Population health is profoundly affected by the livability of the urban environments where people live. In Australia today most people live in suburbs which fall well short of the form and function required for livability, which is adversely affecting population health and health equity. The authors produced the Healthy Urban Neighborhood Transition Tool (HUNTT) to analyze the existing livability strengths and weaknesses of neighborhoods with the objective of assessing their potential for, and pathways required, for a livability transition. This paper presents a summary of the findings of the application of the HUNTT in 22 suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, looking at the livability determinant of walkability. The study showed that there were walkability strengths and weaknesses in all surveyed suburbs, and weaknesses tended to proliferate more in middle and all outer suburbs and those with lower median incomes. It also showed that a walkability transition is possible in all the suburbs surveyed. However, it would require coordination between multiple stakeholders, government regulatory changes and intervention, and significant public funding.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2161978
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  • © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group 2023. Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • McGreevy, Michael
  • Musolino, Connie
  • Baum, Fran
• Publication Date: 2023-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 433-462
• Serial:
  • Cities & Health
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 2374-8834
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/rcah20/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Livability; Social factors; Suburbs; Walkability
• Geographic Terms: Adelaide (Australia)
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01885802
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 2023 10:10AM