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RMIT University
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Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 23-06-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 14-07-2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-01-2022
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-08-2016
DOI: 10.1080/10852352.2016.1197715
Abstract: This article draws on the concept of residential context of housing and its relationship to health. It considers a bundle of changes through implementation of a housing renewal initiative as part of the Carlton Housing Estate Upgrading Project in Melbourne, Australia. Beyond the quality and appropriateness of the housing, pertinent factors explored include social networks, safety and security, and green open space. Data collection for the research project included in-depth interviews with public housing tenants, private residents, and service providers who live on and service the estate, as well as neighborhood observations and participation in on-site events. A key finding was that the relational processes of how tenants were related to by others-specifically, the way housing was reallocated during the processes of renewal-affected social housing tenants' self-perceived health and well-being.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-07-2019
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-12-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-05-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 16-04-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-11-2021
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 11-2022
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 03-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-07-2020
Publisher: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Date: 17-09-2020
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 31-03-2020
DOI: 10.1111/TGIS.12617
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 22-12-2015
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 22-01-2021
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0244827
Abstract: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Governments are instituting mobile tracking technologies to perform rapid contact tracing. However, these technologies are only effective if the public is willing to use them, implying that their perceived public health benefits must outweigh personal concerns over privacy and security. The Australian federal government recently launched the ‘COVIDSafe’ app, designed to anonymously register nearby contacts. If a contact later identifies as infected with COVID-19, health department officials can rapidly followup with their registered contacts to stop the virus’ spread. The current study assessed attitudes towards three tracking technologies (telecommunication network tracking, a government app, and Apple and Google’s Bluetooth exposure notification system) in two representative s les of the Australian public prior to the launch of COVIDSafe. We compared these attitudes to usage of the COVIDSafe app after its launch in a further two representative s les of the Australian public. Using Bayesian methods, we find widespread acceptance for all tracking technologies, however, observe a large intention-behaviour gap between people’s stated attitudes and actual uptake of the COVIDSafe app. We consider the policy implications of these results for Australia and the world at large.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-2010
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-06-2014
Publisher: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Date: 12-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-05-2020
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 04-03-2020
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the causes, the nature and the extent of unneighbourly relations between neighbours living in small multi-owned residential buildings (MOBs, sometimes called strata) in Australian cities, and the effect of these relations on the health and wellbeing of residents. The impact of neighbour relations and conflicts on residents' health and wellbeing has not been explored before in the context of small MOBs in Australia (under 12 units). The research involved an analysis of secondary data on common problems experienced in MOBs between neighbours, in-depth face-to-face interviews with twenty-six residents and interviews with five managers of management agencies in metropolitan Melbourne (Victoria) and Adelaide (South Australia), Australia. When strata processes and management worked well residents were positive about living in such an arrangement. However, when the strata group was less harmonious residents reported that it impacted negatively on their health and wellbeing. The study's findings are subject to the widely acknowledged limitations of small s le-based interview research. Findings indicate that there is a need to explore the benefits and disadvantages of living in small multi-owned residential buildings in Australia on a larger scale. There are three policy implications from the findings: a need for better education of prospective buyers regarding the nature of strata living tighter regulation of rules for small multi-owned apartment buildings is required, (in a similar way to how the regulations operate in large apartment buildings) and a need to include private rental tenants living in strata in the everyday life around the management of the building. The impact of neighbourly relations and conflicts on the health and wellbeing of residents living in MOBs, particularly small ones, has not been studied adequately, as current research focuses on large apartment buildings. This research addresses a gap in the literature in the study of small living arrangements (town houses, apartment buildings, terraces), with 12 or less apartments, with a focus on residents' health and wellbeing.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2021
Publisher: The Royal Society
Date: 2021
Abstract: COVID-19 is highly transmissible and containing outbreaks requires a rapid and effective response. Because infection may be spread by people who are pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic, substantial undetected transmission is likely to occur before clinical cases are diagnosed. Thus, when outbreaks occur there is a need to anticipate which populations and locations are at heightened risk of exposure. In this work, we evaluate the utility of aggregate human mobility data for estimating the geographical distribution of transmission risk. We present a simple procedure for producing spatial transmission risk assessments from near-real-time population mobility data. We validate our estimates against three well-documented COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia. Two of these were well-defined transmission clusters and one was a community transmission scenario. Our results indicate that mobility data can be a good predictor of geographical patterns of exposure risk from transmission centres, particularly in outbreaks involving workplaces or other environments associated with habitual travel patterns. For community transmission scenarios, our results demonstrate that mobility data add the most value to risk predictions when case counts are low and spatially clustered. Our method could assist health systems in the allocation of testing resources, and potentially guide the implementation of geographically targeted restrictions on movement and social interaction.
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 21-05-2021
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0251964
Abstract: While tracking-data analytics can be a goldmine for institutions and companies, the inherent privacy concerns also form a legal, ethical and social minefield. We present a study that seeks to understand the extent and circumstances under which tracking-data analytics is undertaken with social licence—that is, with broad community acceptance beyond formal compliance with legal requirements. Taking a University c us environment as a case, we enquire about the social licence for Wi-Fi-based tracking-data analytics. Staff and student participants answered a questionnaire presenting hypothetical scenarios involving Wi-Fi tracking for university research and services. Our results present a Bayesian logistic mixed-effects regression of acceptability judgements as a function of participant ratings on 11 privacy dimensions. Results show widespread acceptance of tracking-data analytics on c us and suggest that trust, in idual benefit, data sensitivity, risk of harm and institutional respect for privacy are the most predictive factors determining this acceptance judgement.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 19-08-2018
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-06-2021
DOI: 10.1111/TGIS.12765
Abstract: Detection and correction of errors in map data based on spatial reasoning may be used to improve their quality. However, the majority of current spatial reasoning approaches are based on binary spatial relations and are not able to perform analyses involving more than two objects. This article proposes building accessibility analysis with the ternary ray intersection model to detect potential map errors. Where buildings are not accessible from the road network, this may indicate potential errors in map data such as roads that are not mapped. The plausibility of the proposed method was tested in a case study on OpenStreetMap data. The results have been published in an online mapping challenge where volunteering mappers have used them to correct errors in map data, and have provided feedback on the analysis. The results show that the proposed method can detect errors in map data that are caused by incorrect classification of buildings, incorrect mapping of multi‐part buildings, and missing road data.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-03-2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 29-05-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-04-2014
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-05-2019
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