More and more of us living in denser cities where apartments and high-rise developments are increasingly common. This creates specific health concerns for residents of these areas, and for lower-income households in particular.

This paper addresses the ‘co-benefits approach’ as a means of integrating climate concerns into local planning and development control in general.

This paper proceeds with the theoretical setting of a growing body of interdisciplinary research which demonstrates that the built environment plays a significant role in supporting people being healthy as part of everyday living.

Project RP2015 was a scoping study designed to inform the CRCLCL on the research and development needs to maximise potential health and productivity co-benefits of low carbon planning and design for precincts.

Describes current planning and policy interventions in place in Australia to encourage low carbon active transport forms such as walking, cycling and using public transport. Executive Summary Project RP2015 was a scoping study designed to inform the CRC on the needs for R&D on the potential health and productivity co - benefits of low carbon...