The 1000 Cities Challenge

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1000 Cities Challenge

Policy and spatial indicators for healthy and sustainable cities

The 1000 Cities Challenge aims to scale up the Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities to include over 1000 cities from across the globe. The Global Observatory provides comparable and evidence-based data, scorecards, and reports on policy and spatial indicators related to health and sustainability in cities. This information helps to set evidence-based goals in urban design, planning, and policy within cities and to track progress towards these goals.

Here at University of Canberra, a small team within the Health Research Institute has completed the 1000 Cities Challenge for the city of Canberra, partnering with local advocacy organisation Greater Canberra.

This work and consultation forms part of an NHMRC IDEAS research project aimed at guiding neighbourhood planning decisions to promote health, reduce chronic disease and decrease health inequities between communities led by Professor Luis Salvador-Carulla.

View 1000 Cities Challenge Report 2024

Open invitation for comment

December 2024 to February 2025

About the invitation

To further our research and engagement on this project, we invite written comment on any of the following aspects of the Canberra report.

  1. Any relevant ACT Government or National Capital Authority policy or strategic documents that have not been reviewed as part of the 1,000 Cities Challenge that you think are relevant. Please explain their specific relevance. View list of reviewed policy documents. 
  2. Drawing on your professional or lived experience, provide written feedback on the report findings.

    Feedback may include:
    • reflecting upon particular strengths, weaknesses, opportunities or threats to the health and sustainability of the city of Canberra identified in this report or beyond
    • specific reference to the need for setting and tracking evidence-informed urban design, planning and transport policy goals. 

Team members 

  • Dr Gweneth Leigh (UC HRI) 
  • Mr Vincent Learnihan (UC HRI) 
  • Ms Laura Farag (Greater Canberra)

Submit feedback

Please submit your feedback or questions using the form below. Additional or more extensive feedback can be submitted via email. 

In early 2025, an expert panel will be convened to progress outcomes related to the report, including feedback received.

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