Measuring and monitoring liveability in a low-to-middle income country: a proof-of-concept for Bangkok, Thailand and lessons from an international partnership

References

• Alderton, A., et al., 2018. Contextualising urban liveability in Bangkok, Thailand: pilot project summary report. Melbourne: RMIT University.
   Google Scholar
• Alderton, A., et al., 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. doi:10.1186/s12992-019-0484-8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alderton, A. and Badland, H. Five liveability challenges Melbourne and Bangkok must face together 2019. Available from: https://cur.org.au/news/five-liveability-challenges-melbourne-and-bangkok-must-face-together/.
   Google Scholar
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2018. Australia’s health 2018. Australia’s health series no. 16. AUS 221. Canberra: AIHW.
   Google Scholar
• Badland, H., et al., 2014. Urban liveability: emerging lessons from Australia for exploring the potential for indicators to measure the social determinants of health. Social science & medicine, 111, 64–73. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.04.003.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Badland, H., et al., 2015. How liveable is Melbourne? Conceptualising and testing urban liveability indicators: progress to date. Melbourne: University of Melbourne.
   Google Scholar
• Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Strategy and Evaluation Department and Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Political Sciences, 20-year development plan for Bangkok Metropolis. Bangkok: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
   Google Scholar
• Baum, R. and Bartram, J., 2018. A systematic literature review of the enabling environment elements to improve implementation of water safety plans in high-income countries. Journal of water health, 16 (1), 14–24. doi:10.2166/wh.2017.175.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Beran, D., et al., 2017. Research capacity building - obligations for global health partners. Lancet, 5. doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30234-5.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davern, M., et al., 2019b. A liveability assessment of the neighbourhoods of Manningham. Melbourne, Australia: RMIT University.
   Google Scholar
• Davern, M., Roberts, R., and Higgs, C., 2018a. Neighbourhood liveability assessment of the major townships of mitchell shire: beveridge; Broadford; Kilmore; Seymour; and Wallan. Melbourne, Australia: RMIT University.
   Google Scholar
• Davern, M., Roberts, R., and Higgs, C., 2018b. Walkability in Tasmania: assessment in the local government areas of Brighton, Clarence and Launceston. Melbourne, Australia: RMIT University.
   Google Scholar
• Davern, M., Roberts, R., and Higgs, C., 2018c. Neighbourhood liveability assessment of Shepparton: the application of indicators as evidence to plan for a healthy and liveable regional city. Melbourne, Australia: RMIT University.
   Google Scholar
• Davern, M., Roberts, R., and Higgs, C., 2019a. Neighbourhood liveability assessment of the rural city of Mildura. Melbourne, Australia: RMIT University.
   Google Scholar
• Garschagen, M. and Porter, L., 2018. The New Urban Agenda: from vision to policy and action. Planning theory & practice, 19 (1), 117–137. doi:10.1080/14649357.2018.1412678.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Giles-Corti, B., et al. 2016. City planning and population health: a global challenge. Lancet, 388 (10062), 2912–2924. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30066-6.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Giles-Corti, B., Lowe, M., and Arundel, J., 2019. Achieving the SDGs: evaluating indicators to be used to benchmark and monitor progress towards creating healthy and sustainable cities. Health policy, 124(6), 581–590. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.03.001. in press.
   Google Scholar
• Hajkowicz, S., Cook, H., and Littleboy, A., 2012. Our future world: global megatrends that will change the way we live. The 2012 revision. Australia: CSIRO.
   Google Scholar
• Horne, R. and Nolan M., 2018. Growing up or growing despair? Prospects for multi-sector progress on city sustainability under the NUA. Planning theory & practice, 19 (1), 127–130.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Horne, R., et al. 2020. From Ballarat to Bangkok: how can cross-sectoral partnerships around the Sustainable Development Goals accelerate urban liveability? Cities & Health Special issue: Transforming city and health: policy, innovation and practice.
   Google Scholar
• International Institute for Sustainable Development. Available from: https://www.iisd.org/.
   Google Scholar
• International Institute for Sustainable Development. Peg - a community indicator system for Winnipeg. Available from: https://www.iisd.org/project/peg [Accessed 3 December 2019].
   Google Scholar
• Lowe, M., et al. 2015. Planning healthy, liveable and sustainable cities: how can indicators inform policy? Urban policy and research, 33 (2), 131–144. doi:10.1080/08111146.2014.1002606.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Parise, I., 2018. A brief review of global climate change and the public health consequences. Australian journal for general practitioners, 47 (7), 451–456. doi:10.31128/AJGP-11-17-4412.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sachs, J.D., et al., 2019. Six transformations to achieve the sustainable development goals. Nature sustainability, 2 (9), 805–814. doi:10.1038/s41893-019-0352-9.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Steffen, W., et al. 2018. Deluge and drought: Australia’s water security in a changing climate. Climate Council of Australia.
   Google Scholar
• UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World urbanization prospects: The 2018 revision. 2018. New York.
   Google Scholar
• UN Global Compact Cities Programme, 2017. Bangkok in Melbourne: the BMA urban liveability and resilience program. Melbourne: RMIT University.
   Google Scholar
• United Nations, United nations sustainable development blog [Internet]. Available from: http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ [Accessed 2 August 2017].
   Google Scholar
• United Nations Development Programme, 2015. United nations sustainable development goal 11: making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Available from: http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/cities/.
   Google Scholar
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: 17 goals to transform our world. 2015.
   Google Scholar
• World Health Organization. Healthy cities. Available from: https://www.who.int/healthpromotion/healthy-cities/en/ [Accessed 14 January 2020].
   Google Scholar
• World Health Organization, 2016. Shanghai declaration on promoting health in the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. 9th Global Conference on Health Promotion, 21-24 November 2016. Shanghai: World Health Organization.
   Google Scholar