Healthy Places, Healthy People
There is a long and connected history between the places we live our lives and our health. There is evidence that well designed built and natural environments can contribute to healthy lifestyles, reducing health risks and improving physical and mental health outcomes for the community in the longer term.
The Healthy Places, Healthy People (HPHP) initiative provides a mechanism to ensure health is prioritised in built environment design, planning and investment decision making. Including these built environment attributes consistently will contribute to improving Queenslanders’ health and wellbeing.
CanopyCast Pro
CanopyCast Pro, a new version of CanopyCast, offers an unprecedented opportunity to inform design and shape the built environment. It can assist to protect communities from heat-related health impacts, improve thermal comfort and support urban cooling. Planners and designers can test their designs for the amount of shade cast by different types of trees, planted at varying spacing intervals, and observe their shade effects at different times of day for the project site.
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Shade tree guidance
A resource providing a wealth of information as well as access to a new tool that analyses shade and UV index reduction provided by trees.
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About the Healthy Places, Healthy People initiative
Details about the initiative including the collaboration partners and the outputs of the initiative.
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Healthy Places, Healthy People framework
The framework is based on a broad definition of health. It recognises the physical and mental wellbeing of an individual, as well as the social, emotional and cultural wellbeing of the community are all connected.
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Healthy Places, Healthy People pilot projects
A number of pilot projects have been planned in partnership with Queensland Health and the Office of the Queensland Government Architect to apply the Healthy Places, Healthy People (HPHP) framework in communities with the vision of creating great places to keep Queenslanders healthy.
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Towards a sun safe Olympic and Paralympic Games
Sun safety will be an important factor for an enjoyable Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Download the options paper to see what actions Queensland Government department will take to support sun safety for the Games.