Hannah Badland Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
liveability, public health, social determinants of health, social inequity
University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty Member, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Professor Hannah Badland researches how improving the liveability of cities through better urban design can enhance health and wellbeing and reduce inequities.Hannah examines how the built environment is connected to health, wellbeing and inequities in adults and children internationally. She recently led a program to conceptualise, develop and test urban liveability measures with health and wellbeing.She was awarded a Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellowship in 2017 and is based in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies.
Proceedings Open Access
Author(s): Hannah Badland
To achieve the global aspiration of the SDGs there is an urgency to increase understanding and capabilities that enhance live ability in low-to-middle income cities. Using an international partnership project, this presentation will describe the use of an online training module to: 1) reposition and reprioritize global knowledge of live ability for Bangkok, Thailand; and 2) demonstrate how to utilize live ability spatial indicators to measure and monitor Bangkok. Commencing in 2017, the initial partnership was established between RMIT University (Australia), the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (Thailand), the UN Global Compact Cities Programme, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (Australia), and supported by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth, Au... view moreĀ»