Carl Higgs

Publications

• Bandara, TN, Higgs C, Zapata-Diomedi B, Gunn L, Turrell G, De Livera A. (2023) ‘The longitudinal effects of the built environment on transportation and recreational walking, and differences by age and sex: systematic review protocol’, Archives of Public Health, 81(1), p. 184. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-023-01194-0
• Adlakha D, Higgs C, Sallis F (2023) Growing evidence that activity-friendly neighbourhoods can mitigate non-communicable and infectious disease risk. Cities and Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2023.2231135
• Higgs C, Lowe M, Hooper P, Mavoa S, Arundel J, Gunn L, Simons K, Giles-Corti B (2023) Policy relevant health related liveability indicator datasets for addresses in Australia’s 21 largest cities. Sci Data 10, 113. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02013-5
• Wright A, De Livera A, Lee KH, Higgs C, Nicholson M, Gibbs L, Jorm A (2022) A repeated cross-sectional and longitudinal study of mental health and wellbeing during COVID-19 lockdowns in Victoria, Australia. BMC Public Health 22:2434. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14836-9
• Villanueva K, Badland H, Alderton A, Higgs C, Turrell G, Goldfeld S (2022) Examining the contribution of the neighbourhood built environment to the relationship between neighbourhood disadvantage and early childhood development in 205,000 Australian children. Academic Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2022.11.014
• Giles-Corti B, Saghapour T, Turrell G, Gunn L, Both A, Lowe M … Higgs C. Spatial and socioeconomic inequities in liveability in Australia’s 21 largest cities: Does city size matter? Health & place. 2022;78:102899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102899
• Higgs C, Rozek J, Alderton A, Giles-Corti B et al. (2022) Policy relevant spatial indicators of urban liveability and sustainability: scaling from local to global. Urban Policy and Research. SOAC 2021 Special Edition.. https://doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2022.2076215
• Chandrabose M, Cao Y, Hadgraft N, Higgs C, Shuvo F, Dunstan DW, Owen N, Sugiyama T (2022) Neighbourhood walkability and dietary attributes: effect modification by area-level socio-economic status. Public health nutrition. 25(9):2593-2600. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022001197
• Liu S, Higgs C, Arundel J, Boeing G, Cerdera N, Moctezuma D, Cerin E, Adlakha D, Lowe M, Giles-Corti B (2022) A Generalized Framework for Measuring Pedestrian Accessibility around the World Using Open Data. Geographical Analysis. 54(3):559-582. https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12290
• Lowe M, Adlakha D, Sallis JF, Salvo D, Cerin E, Moudon AV, Higgs C et al. (2022) City planning policies to support health and sustainability: an international comparison of policy indicators for 25 cities. The Lancet Global Health. 10(6):e882–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00069-9
• Giles-Corti B, Moudon AV, Lowe M, Cerin E, Boeing G, Frumkin H, Higgs C et al. (2022) What next? Expanding our view of city planning and global health, and implementing and monitoring evidence-informed policy. The Lancet Global Health. 10(6):e919–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00066-3
• Giles-Corti B, Moudon AV, Lowe M, Adlakha D, Cerin E, Boeing G, Higgs C et al. (2022) Creating healthy and sustainable cities: what gets measured, gets done. The Lancet Global Health. 10(6):e782–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00070-5
• Cerin E, Sallis JF, Salvo D, Hinckson E, Conway TL, Owen N, Higgs C et al. (2022) Determining thresholds for spatial urban design and transport features that support walking to create healthy and sustainable cities: findings from the IPEN Adult study. The Lancet Global Health. 10(6):e895–906. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00068-7
• Boeing G, Higgs C, Liu S, Giles-Corti B, Sallis JF, Cerin E, et al. (2022) Using open data and open-source software to develop spatial indicators of urban design and transport features for achieving healthy and sustainable cities. The Lancet Global Health. 10(6):e907–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00072-9
• Villanueva K, Alderton A, Higgs C, Badland H, Goldfeld S (2022) Data to Decisions: Methods to Create Neighbourhood Built Environment Indicators Relevant for Early Childhood Development. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(9):5549. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095549
• Both A, Gunn L, Higgs C, Davern M, Jafari A, Boulange C, et al. (2022) Achieving ‘Active’ 30 Minute Cities: How Feasible Is It to Reach Work within 30 Minutes Using Active Transport Modes? ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 11(1):58. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11010058
• Higgs C, Simons K, Badland H, Giles-Corti B (2021) Cross-sectional evidence of the cardiometabolic health benefits of urban liveability in Australia. npj Urban Sustain. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-021-00039-5
• Kelly D, Davern M, Farahani L, Higgs C, Maller C (2022) Urban greening for health and wellbeing in low-income communities: A baseline study in Melbourne, Australia. Cities. 120:103442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103442
• Alderton A, Nitvimol K, Davern M, Higgs C, Correia J, Butterworth I, et al. (2021) Building Capacity in Monitoring Urban Liveability in Bangkok: Critical Success Factors and Reflections from a Multi-Sectoral, International Partnership. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(14):7322. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147322
• Alderton A, Higgs C, Davern M, Butterworth I, Correia J, Nitvimol K, et al. (2020) 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. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1813537
• Gunn L, Kroen A, De Gruyter C, Higgs C, Saghapour T, Davern M. (2020) Early delivery of equitable and healthy transport options in new suburbs: Policy, place and people. Journal of Transport & Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2020.100870
• Horne R, Correia J, Badland H, Alderton A, Higgs C (2020) From Ballarat to Bangkok: how can cross-sectoral partnerships around the Sustainable Development Goals accelerate urban liveability?. Cities & Health. 12:1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2019.1698938
• Lowe M, Arundel J, Hooper P, Rozek J, Higgs C, Roberts R, Giles-Corti B (2020) Liveability aspirations and realities: Implementation of urban policies designed to create healthy cities in Australia. Social Science & Medicine. 245:112713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112713
• Alderton A, Davern M, Nitvimol K, Butterworth I, Higgs C, Ryan E, Badland H (2019) What is the meaning of urban liveability for a city in a low-to-middle-income country? Contextualising liveability for Bangkok, Thailand. Globalization and health. 15(1):51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-019-0484-8
• Higgs C, Badland H, Simons K, Knibbs LD, Giles-Corti B (2019) The Urban Liveability Index: developing a policy-relevant urban liveability composite measure and evaluating associations with transport mode choice. International Journal of Health Geographics. 18(1):14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-019-0178-8
• Davern M, Gunn L, Whitzman C, Higgs C, Giles-Corti B, Simons K, et al. (2018) Using spatial measures to test a conceptual model of social infrastructure that supports health and wellbeing. Cities & Health, 1:2, 194-209, https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2018.1443620
• Badland H, Foster S, Bentley R, Higgs C, Roberts R, Pettit C, et al. (2017) Examining associations between area-level spatial measures of housing with selected health and wellbeing behaviours and outcomes in an urban context. Health & Place.43:17-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.11.003
• Minstrell M, Bentley M, Bucher H, Morrissey M, Higgs C, Robinson A & Stirling, C (2014) Open referral policy within a nurse-led memory clinic: patient demographics, assessment scores, and diagnostic profiles. International Psychogeriatrics.1-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610214002361
• Global Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators: Collaborative development of an open science toolkit for calculating and reporting on urban indicators internationally
• Is Victoria’s Planning System Designed to Deliver Health Supportive and Liveable Cities?