| Organisation name |
Planning Institute of Australia |
| Organisation type |
Private organisation |
| Organisation fields |
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| Description |
Manages a range of policy, advocacy and professional development activites on behalf of PIA Membership who are urban and regional planning professionals |
| Commenced Work |
Two to five years ago |
| Type(s) of HBE Activity |
- Policy development
- Advocacy for healthy built environments
- Translating research into policy
- Capacity building / staff training
- Information resource
- Guidelines for practitioners
- Tools for practitioners
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| Key objectives of HBE activities |
- To improve people's physical health
- To increase people's physical activity level
- To strengthen social capital
- To promote active transport (walking, cycling, public transport)
- To improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists
- To reduce crime through more people on the streets / passive surveillance
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| The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to getting people active |
- Reducing urban sprawl
- Providing public open space
- Providing recreational facilities / playgrounds
- Improving residential and commercial densities, land use mix
- Improving connectivity
- Improving accessibility
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| The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to strengthening and connecting communities |
- Advocating for places where people can meet and connect
- Input into planning processes that advocate for and strengthen social connectivity
- Influencing the location of facilities within a community to ensure they are convenient, central and clustered with other facilities
- Promoting equitable access to community facilities
- Influencing proximity to places of employment
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| The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to providing access to healthy food |
- Supporting local food production (e.g., through zoning and land use regulation)
- Advocating for public transport measures that support access to healthy food (e.g. schedules and timetables and routes, space to store parcels en route, shopping shuttles, home delivery services and/or support for local corner shops and convenience stores)
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| The organisation takes part in the following specific HBE activities |
PIA was instrumental in the development of the "Healthy Spaces & Places" website. This comprehensive set of reousrces and information was developed through a unique collaboration between the National Heart Foundation of Australia, the Australian Local Government Association and the Planning Institute of Australia to encourage local governments to create communities where structure, design and placement lead to healthier outcomes and people-friendly places. The principle resources for Healthy Spaces & Places are the website www.healthyplaces.org.au and a training package has recently been developed.
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| Target Population |
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| Geographic Focus of HBE activities |
- All of the state
- Other - National program
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| Website |
http://www.planning.org.au/ |
