A5035891302- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- New Zealand Economic and Social Studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Noise Effects and Management
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Physical Activity and Health
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Forest Management and Policy
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Global Health Care Issues
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
Victoria University of Wellington
2016-2025
University of Victoria
2024
Victoria School of Management
2008-2013
Marymount University
2011
University of Otago
2006-2010
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
2004
Idaho State University
2003
Ministry for the Environment
1996
University of Tasmania
1996
To determine whether insulating existing houses increases indoor temperatures and improves occupants' health wellbeing.Community based, cluster, single blinded randomised study.Seven low income communities in New Zealand.1350 households containing 4407 participants.Installation of a standard retrofit insulation package.Indoor temperature relative humidity, energy consumption, self reported health, wheezing, days off school work, visits to general practitioners, admissions hospital.Insulation...
To assess whether non-polluting, more effective home heating (heat pump, wood pellet burner, flued gas) has a positive effect on the health of children with asthma.Randomised controlled trial.Households in five communities New Zealand.409 aged 6-12 years doctor diagnosed asthma.Installation heater before winter. The control group received replacement at end trial.The primary outcome was change lung function (peak expiratory flow rate and forced volume one second, FEV(1)). Secondary outcomes...
<h3>Background:</h3> Housing is an important environmental influence on population health, and there growing evidence of health effects from indoor environment characteristics such as low temperatures. However, relatively little research, thus firm guidance, the cost-effectiveness public policies to retrospectively improve standards houses. The purpose this study was value energy benefits retrofitting insulation, through assessing a number forms possible benefit: reduced visits GPs,...
Active travel (walking and cycling) is beneficial for people’s health has many co-benefits, such as reducing motor vehicle congestion pollution in urban areas. There have been few robust evaluations of active travel, very studies valued emissions outcomes. The ACTIVE before-and-after quasi-experimental study estimated the net benefits other outcomes from New Zealand’s Model Communities Programme using an empirical analysis comparing two intervention cities with control cities. funded...
There is growing evidence that asthma symptoms can be aggravated or events triggered by exposure to indoor nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) emitted from unflued gas heating. The impact of NO on the respiratory health children with was explored as a secondary analysis randomised community trial, involving 409 households during winter period in 2006 (June September). Geometric mean levels were 11.4 μg·m −3 , while outdoor 7.4 . Higher (per logged unit increase) associated greater daily reports lower...
Background There is increased interest in the effectiveness and cobenefits of measures to promote walking cycling, including health gains from physical activity reductions fossil fuel use vehicle emissions. This paper analyses changes cycling two New Zealand cities that accompanied public investment infrastructure married with programmes encourage active travel. Method Using a quasi-experimental two-group pre–post study design, we estimated travel behaviour baseline 2011 mid-programme 2012,...
The sixth Labour government under Jacinda Ardern placed climate change at the centre of their agenda, referring to it as 'greatest challenge facing world'. Definite progress was made on policy during government's tenure, particularly with flagship Zero Carbon Act. Overall, however, changes were not transformative, and few policies enacted that will substantially decrease emissions. This article sheds light this gap between resolution tackle reality actual outputs. We ask: what are main...
The resilience of cities in response to natural disasters and long-term climate change has emerged as a focus academic policy attention. In particular, how understand the interconnectedness urban systems is key issue. This paper introduces an model that can be used evaluate city outcomes under different scenarios. Wellington Integrated Land Use-Transport-Environment Model (WILUTE). It considers (i.e., Wellington) complex system characterized by interactions between variety internal processes...
Climate policy across the developed world remains inadequate, despite high levels of concern about climate change among public. Yet public opinion on is complex, with individuals differing three key dimensions: belief and concern, issue salience, support for government action. In this study, we investigate how these dimensions intersect at individual level. Based data from an online survey conducted in 2018 United Kingdom (N = 787), a latent class analysis reveals that there are five...