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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.

Publications

  • 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
  • Achieving ‘Active’ 30 Minute Cities: How Feasible Is It to Reach Work within 30 Minutes Using Active Transport Modes?
  • Australian public lending library locations (2016-2018)
  • Global Healthy and Sustainable City Indicator Study Collaboration - 25 Cities spatial indicators datasets
  • Data to Decisions: Methods to Create Neighbourhood Built Environment Indicators Relevant for Early Childhood Development
  • Mexico City, Mexico—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Adelaide, Australia—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Baltimore, USA—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Auckland, New Zealand—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Bangkok, Thailand—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Barcelona, Spain—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Belfast, Northern Ireland—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Bern, Switzerland—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Chennai, India—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Graz, Austria—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Hanoi, Vietnam—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Lisbon, Portugal—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Maiduguri, Nigeria—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Melbourne, Australia—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Olomouc, Czechia—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Phoenix, USA—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • São Paulo, Brazil—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Sydney, Australia—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Vic, Spain—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Valencia, Spain—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Seattle, USA—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Liveability aspirations and realities: Implementation of urban policies designed to create healthy cities in Australia
  • What is the meaning of urban liveability for a city in a low-to-middle-income country? Contextualising liveability for Bangkok, Thailand
  • Bangkok Liveability v1.2 software framework
  • Bangkok Liveability - Release 1.2
  • Training video for Bangkok Liveability
  • The 2018 Australian National Liveability dataset: spatial urban liveability indicators for 21 cities
  • A Generalized Framework for Measuring Pedestrian Accessibility around the World Using Open Data
  • Policy relevant health related liveability indicator datasets for addresses in Australia’s 21 largest cities
  • Measuring and monitoring liveability in a low-to-middle income country: a proof-of-concept for Bangkok, Thailand and lessons from an international partnership
  • Hong Kong, China—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Policy-Relevant Spatial Indicators of Urban Liveability And Sustainability: Scaling From Local to Global
  • Odense, Denmark—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Ghent, Belgium—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Cologne, Germany—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally
  • Tidy Transit Headway analysis for the Australian National Liveability Study 2018
  • Neighbourhood walkability and dietary attributes: effect modification by area-level socio-economic status
  • Scorecard software for the Global Healthy and Sustainable Cities Indicator Collaboration Study
  • ABS 2021 Mesh Block dwelling counts to CSV (code and data)
  • Cross-sectional evidence of the cardiometabolic health benefits of urban liveability in Australia
  • Using spatial measures to test a conceptual model of social infrastructure that supports health and wellbeing
  • Examining the Contribution of the Neighborhood Built Environment to the Relationship Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Early Childhood Development in 205,000 Australian Children
  • The Urban Liveability Index: developing a policy-relevant urban liveability composite measure and evaluating associations with transport mode choice
  • From Ballarat to Bangkok: how can cross-sectoral partnerships around the Sustainable Development Goals accelerate urban liveability?
  • A Generalized Framework for Measuring Pedestrian Accessibility around the World Using Open Data
  • Building Capacity in Monitoring Urban Liveability in Bangkok: Critical Success Factors and Reflections from a Multi-Sectoral, International Partnership
  • Open referral policy within a nurse-led memory clinic: Patient demographics, assessment scores, and diagnostic profiles
  • Examining associations between area-level spatial measures of housing with selected health and wellbeing behaviours and outcomes in an urban context.
  • Global Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators instructional videos
  • Growing evidence that physical activity-supportive neighbourhoods can mitigate infectious and non-communicable diseases
  • Data making a difference: research translation of spatial urban indicators for healthy and sustainable cities
  • Global Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators software
  • Global Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators open science toolkit - participant baseline survey analysis code
  • Global Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators open science toolkit - software development participant requirements survey de-identified responses

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