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Planning And Design Of Master-Planned Communities For Healthy Living, Bhishna Bajracharya, Linda Too
Planning And Design Of Master-Planned Communities For Healthy Living, Bhishna Bajracharya, Linda Too
Bhishna Bajracharya
Due to growing health concerns linked to inactive living, a number of new master-planned communities in South East Queensland are creating supportive environments for physical activities. Varsity Lakes in Gold Coast is an example of such community which provides both infrastructures and programs to encourage active living. The objective of the paper is to examine the relationship between built environment and healthy communities through a review of current literature. Synthesising these findings, a conceptual framework is developed for supporting active and healthy living in master-planned communities. The three key factors are 1) place; 2) program and 3) partnership. This framework …