Global healthy and sustainable city indicators : Collaborative development of an open science toolkit for calculating and reporting on urban indicators internationally
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Higgs, Carl, Lowe, Melanie, Giles-Corti, Billie, Boeing, Geoff, Delclòs-Alió, Xavier, Puig-Ribera, Anna, Adlakha, Deepti, Liu, Shiqin, Borello Vargas, Júlio Celso, Castillo-Riquelme, Marianela, Jafari, Afshin, Molina-García, Javier, Heikinheimo, Vuokko, Queralt, Ana, Cerin, Ester, Resendiz, Eugen, Singh, Dhirendra, Rodriguez, Sebastian, Suel, Esra, ... Alderton, Amanda. (2024). Global healthy and sustainable city indicators : Collaborative development of an open science toolkit for calculating and reporting on urban indicators internationally. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. 52(5), pp. 1252-1270. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241292102
Authors | Higgs, Carl, Lowe, Melanie, Giles-Corti, Billie, Boeing, Geoff, Delclòs-Alió, Xavier, Puig-Ribera, Anna, Adlakha, Deepti, Liu, Shiqin, Borello Vargas, Júlio Celso, Castillo-Riquelme, Marianela, Jafari, Afshin, Molina-García, Javier, Heikinheimo, Vuokko, Queralt, Ana, Cerin, Ester, Resendiz, Eugen, Singh, Dhirendra, Rodriguez, Sebastian, Suel, Esra, Domínguez-Mallafré, Marc, Ye, Yang and Alderton, Amanda |
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Abstract | Measuring and monitoring progress towards achieving healthy, equitable and sustainable cities is a priority for planners, policymakers and researchers in diverse contexts globally. Yet data collection, analysis, visualisation and reporting on policy and spatial indicators involve specialised knowledge, skills, and collaboration across disciplines. Integrated open-source tools for calculating and communicating urban indicators for diverse urban contexts are needed, which provide the multiple streams of evidence required to influence policy agendas and enable local changes towards healthier and more sustainable cities. This paper reports on the development of open-source software for planning, analysis and generation of data, maps and reports on policy and spatial indicators of urban design and transport features for healthy and sustainable cities. We engaged a collaborative network of researchers and practitioners from diverse geographic contexts through an online survey and workshops, to understand and progressively meet their requirements for policy and spatial indicators. We outline our framework for action research-informed open-source software development and discuss benefits and challenges of this approach. The resulting Global Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators software is designed to meet the needs of researchers, planners, policy makers and community advocates in diverse settings for planning, calculating and disseminating policy and spatial urban indicators. |
Keywords | software development; open science; healthy cities; sustainability; city planning; urban indicators; urban policy; spatial analysis; research translation; action research |
Year | 2024 |
Journal | Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science |
Journal citation | 52 (5), pp. 1252-1270 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
ISSN | 2399-8091 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241292102 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85211142575 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Page range | 1252-1270 |
Funder | Australian Prevention Partnership Centre |
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) | |
The Public Good Projects | |
AXA Research Fund | |
Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain | |
European Union | |
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) | |
Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development | |
Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI) | |
Chilean National Research and Development Agency | |
Beca Doctorado Nacional | |
Strategic Research Council (SRC) of Finland | |
Wellcome Trust | |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 02 Dec 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 23 May 2025 |
Grant ID | 1061404 |
GNT1107672 | |
RYC2021-031672-I | |
MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 | |
422644/2021-8 | |
2019/21190128 | |
346609 | |
205177/Z/16/Z | |
Additional information | © The Author(s) 2024. |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/91ww4/global-healthy-and-sustainable-city-indicators-collaborative-development-of-an-open-science-toolkit-for-calculating-and-reporting-on-urban-indicators-internationally
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