Health and Safety by Design

Rebekah Costelloe

Outline

• Who is PCAL?

• What is Active Living?

• Why Active Living?

• Common Ground, Challenges and Opportunities

• Case Studies

PCAL Terms of Reference

• To provide the Premier with expert advice on the best ways to promote healthy eating and physical activity in NSW

• To raise awareness and drive population level behavioral change in healthy eating and physical activity in NSW by supporting evidenced based policies in alignment with

NSW 2021 goals, targets and activities

• To initiate and build sustainable partnerships within Government and with industry and the non-government sector that promotes healthy eating and physical activity

Government

• Department of Premier and Cabinet

• Local Government and Shires Association

• NSW Food Authority

• NSW Ministry of Health

• Sport and Recreation

Ministerial• Office for

Planning and Infrastructure

• Office for Transport

Industry• Australian

Food and Grocery Council

• Coles Supermarkets

• Woolworths Limited

PCAL Members

• Australian Diabetes Council

• Cancer Council of NSW

• National Heart Foundation

NGO’s

What’s the problem?

• Drink driving contributes to approximately 300 deaths per year

• Heroin contributes to approximately 500 deaths per year

• Physical inactivity contributes to over 13000 deaths per year

MethodologyWhat is Active Living?

What’s the problem?

• Drink driving contributes to approximately 300 deaths per year

• Heroin contributes to approximately 500 deaths per year

• Physical inactivity contributes to over 13000 deaths per year

MethodologyWhy Active Living?

• Environmental • Health • Economic• Social

The Solution

To create supportive, safe environments and policies so that people find it easier to incorporate active living into the routines of daily life throughout their entire lives.

Common ground with CPTED

• Higher densities and mixed-use development optimising eyes on streets and passive surveillance

• Sense of ownership (community development)

• Quality urban spaces avoiding dereliction

An Auto City

2.3 – 7.6 7.6 – 10.110.1 – 12.612.6 – 15.015.0 – 18.418.4 – 24.524.5 – 39.0

Outer suburb residents, away from railways, drive much more than inner suburb residents (Rickwood, 2006).

Annual Vehicle Km per Household, 2004

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Sightlines and surveillance

Clear sightlines & passive surveillance

Lighting

Used to designate safe paths and crossing points

Maintenance

Paths free from obstruction

Landscaping and Open Space

Delineate safe routes and destinations

Trees and vegetation

Provide trees for shade that allow clear sightlines

Fencing and walls

Low walls or transparent fencing

Seating

Arrange frequent shaded seating to encourage social interaction