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PLANNING AND DESIGN

FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH

AND COHESION

Bernie Cronin – Director Community DevelopmentWyndham City Council

NWM RMF Integrated Planning – 30&31 October 2012


Planning and Design for Community Health and Cohesion

• Pressing need for whole of government approach

• Consideration of social outcomes should be part of urban design

• Understand factors which advantage or disadvantage, advance or constrain, healthy communities

• Environmental (place) determinants of a healthy, connected community

• Importance of :

Planning Leadership Partnerships


Wyndham


Shock !! Could it happen?Why did it happen? London August 2011


Community Engagement

• Each business on the High Road visited following the riots

• Independent Tottenham Community Panel established

• Haringey Have Your Say consultation• Visited local schools• Door knocking to gather peoples’ views• Landowners’ and developers’ breakfast (following

the riots)• Visioning workshop• Regular meetings with Tottenham Traders’

Association• Meeting with residents’ and tenants’ associations• Conference with voluntary sector (HAVCO)


Have Your Say Findings

1. Lack of jobs and enterprise2. Environmental and public realm issues3. Young people – lack of opportunities and

engagement4. Image and perception of Tottenham5. Quality of housing and related issues


Do you see this in places close to home?

• Poor state of public realm• Limited opportunities for young people• Lack of jobs• Poor design and quality of housing• Negative image and identity


Determinants of HealthSOCIAL PHYSICAL

• Access to educational, economic, and job opportunities

• Natural environment, such as green space (eg. trees and grass) or weather (eg. climate change)

• Availability of community-based resources in support of community living and opportunities for recreational and leisure-time activities

• Built environment, such as buildings, sidewalks, bike lanes, and roads

• Transportation options • Worksites, schools and recreational settings

• Public safety • Housing and community design

• Exposure to crime, violence, and social disorder (eg. presence of trash and lack of cooperation in a community)

• Exposure to toxic substances and other physical hazards

• Socioeconomic conditions (eg. concentrated poverty and the stressful conditions that accompany it

• Physical barriers, especially for people with disabilities

• Residential segregation • Aesthetic elements (eg good lighting, trees, and benches.

Source: “Health People 2020 – USA”


Moving Ahead

• Proactive leadership – LG and partners• Collaboration and ownership – residents,

traders• Planning and partnerships with government

and non-government• A vision of positive social outcomes


‘Wyndham Social InfrastructurePlanning Framework – 2040’

• “Living document” that will change and grow over time

• PSP processes confirm population and dwelling yields, and community infrastructure requirements

• Involved all key State Departments, Growth Areas Authority, all relevant areas of Council

• Consultant ASR• Developing strategies with partners:

• Education • Health• NGOs


Wyndham Vale – Creation of New

• Effective Strategies

• ‘Healthy by Design’ PSPs

• Create ‘Community Hubs’, integrated services

• Facilitate connections, networks

• Build skills / shared leadership

• Pedestrian / cycle connectivity

• Create events

• Big investment to ‘Place’ up front

• High standards of maintenance


Healthy Design

• Walking & cycling routes• Streets• Local destinations• Open space• Public transport• Seating, signage, lighting, fencing and walls• Fostering community spirit


Applying Community Development to Place - Shaping

• Keys to Place-Shaping

People, Place, Problems, Potential

Local knowledge + L.networks, Landuse, Location

Adaptation, Ability, Access

Collaboration, Connections, Change

Evolving, Empowerment, Environment

Lollypop CreekBefore After

Heathdale WetlandsBefore After

Westmeadows LaneBefore After


Learnings

• Stakeholders engaging in political process

• Initiative and responsiveness to changing / growing needs

• Change to enhance quality of life / increase participation / improve access

Place-based community Development – Bernie CroninEngage Leadership Partnerships

People LocalNetworksConnectionsCommunity ownership

Community GovernanceLG lead placeShaping

Build on networks,Community, resident, agency

Location Place-shaping definingGeographical environmental features Transport

Commitment of resources, timeDevelop skills

Local Knowledge and networksNGO hubs

Adaptation Be open, flexible to engaging variety of abilities / time in community

Political and managerial skills required

Government / NG agencies

Collaboration Understand diversity of communityOpen communication

Focus on local issues / vs strategic

Broad participation notsqueaky wheel

Evolve Contribution of community will change

Interest growsShared leadership

Political skills building


New Partnership Initiative - PCM

Vision: To improve people’s health where they live, learn, work and play, by facilitating healthy lifestyles and targeting preventable risk factors that contribute to chronic disease.

• Increase healthy eating• Increase physical activity• Decrease smoking• Decrease harmful alcohol consumption

Department of Health and Wyndham City Council

“Wyndham Healthy Communities”


New Partnership Initiative - PCM

In three years, we aim to have an impact on ….• 44 primary schools• 61 early childhood services• 230 medium / large workplaces• Influences of health outside key setting

(built environment, transport, food, recreation, education)

• Lots of people who are outside of the paid workforce……… and 161,757(+) residents of Wyndham.

Department of Health and Wyndham City Council

“Wyndham Healthy Communities”


Planning and Design for Community Health and Cohesion

• Pressing need for whole of government approach

• Consideration of social outcomes should be part of urban design

• Understand factors which advantage or disadvantage, advance or constrain, healthy communities

• Environmental (place) determinants of a healthy, connected community

• Importance of :

Planning Leadership Partnerships


Contact details:

Bernie Cronin Director Community DevelopmentWyndham City CouncilPO Box 197WERRIBEE VIC 3030

Ph: 03) 9742 0704

Email: [email protected]: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au

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http://www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/

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