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GEOP8020 - Healthy Places: Planning for Diversity, Equity and Wellbeing

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Project description

As places where people live, work and play, neighbourhoods, cities and regions are vital to the health and wellbeing of diverse populations. Creating liveable, connected and vibrant communities is a policy imperative and a critical challenge for planning and governance. This unit explores issues of diversity, equity and wellbeing in relation to planning healthy places. It considers the physical and social environments that enable or constrain the creation of healthy places. Overall, students will gain practical knowledge of the diverse social, economic and spatial dynamics that shape diversity, equity and wellbeing in cities and regions and the policies and strategies that are used to plan and create liveable and healthy places.

Year 2022

Location Australia

Organization Macquarie University

Project aims

Project outcome

1. Identify the drivers and dynamics of living in and planning for healthy places 2. Critically analyse the relationship between health, wellbeing and place 3. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of how healthy and liveable places are shaped by social equity and diversity 4. Evaluate policies, plans and projects that seek to create and sustain healthy places