Carl Higgs

0000-0002-5903-9095

Research Data Scientist (Built environment and design; Epidemiology not elsewhere classified; Biostatistics; Applied statistics; Applied computing not elsewhere classified)

Melbourne, Australia

Carl Higgs is a research data scientist in the Healthy Liveable Cities Lab of the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University. With a background in computational statistics and spatial epidemiology, Carl has been involved in the development of methods for measurement of built environment exposures for local neighbourhoods using diverse data sources for research supporting equitable delivery of urban planning policy, in Australia and internationally. Research highlights include developing methods for calculation of a spatial Urban Liveability Index for residential addresses; scaling to a national analysis of Australian cities; contributing to the Australian Government's National Cities Performance Framework; development of a framework for visualisation of the spatial distribution of urban liveability, which formed the basis of the Australian Urban Observatory; and adapting these methods for use in diverse international contexts.

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Higgs C, Badland H, Simons K, Knibbs LD, Giles-Corti B. The Urban Liveability Index: developing a policy-relevant urban liveability composite measure and evaluating associations with transport mode choice [Internet]. Vol. 18, International Journal of Health Geographics. 2019. p. 14. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-019-0178-8
Liu S, Higgs C, Arundel J, Boeing G, Cerdera N, Moctezuma D, et al. A Generalized Framework for Measuring Pedestrian Accessibility around the World Using Open Data. Geographical Analysis [Internet]. [cited 2021 May 20];n/a(n/a). Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gean.12290
Arundel J, Lowe M, Hooper P, Roberts R, Rozek J, Higgs C, et al. Creating liveable cities in Australia: Mapping urban policy implementation and evidence-based national liveability indicators. RMIT University; 2017. Available from: https://apo.org.au/node/113921
Alderton A, Higgs C, Davern M, Butterworth I, Correia J, Nitvimol K, et al. Measuring and monitoring liveability in a low-to-middle income country: a proof-of-concept for Bangkok, Thailand and lessons from an international partnership. Cities & Health [Internet]. 2020 Sep 7 [cited 2021 Apr 9];0(0):1–9. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1813537
RMIT Figshare repository: https://rmit.figshare.com/authors/Carl_Higgs/9597539

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Melanie Davern

Amanda Alderton

Hannah Badland

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