Carl Higgs

0000-0002-5903-9095

Research Data Scientist (Built environment and design; Epidemiology not elsewhere classified; Statistics not elsewhere classified; Geospatial information systems and geospatial data modelling)

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, 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
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
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

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Melanie Lowe

Research Fellow in Urban Resilience and Innovation - Melbourne, Australia

Melanie Lowe

Deepti Adlakha

Billie Giles-Corti

Jonathan Arundel

Anne Vernez Moudon

Geoff Boeing

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