Master of Urban and Regional Planning

MASTER OF URBAN AND
REGIONAL PLANNING
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Scope of evidence............................................................................................................................3
Distance and quality....................................................................................................................3
Neighborhood built environment.....................................................................................................4
Characteristics and quality...............................................................................................................5
Safety and maintenance...............................................................................................................6
Size..............................................................................................................................................7
Refurbishment..................................................................................................................................8
Amenities for park users..................................................................................................................8
Amenities for different users...........................................................................................................8
Playgrounds for children................................................................................................................10
Natural playgrounds.......................................................................................................................10
Mental health.................................................................................................................................11
Obesity and other health outcomes................................................................................................11
Ecosystem services........................................................................................................................12
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
References......................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction
Urban and regional planning refers to improve the quality of regions and cities. Planners at
professional level assist organizations, communities, and government to integrate the economic,
environmental, and aspects at the social level for development from whole regions to small sites
up (Marco, 2016). This deals with a long range of planning as well as statutory and structural
components in relation to building an environment at a natural level and the legislative
framework for controlling land use (Wheeler, 2014).
This allied with the government, commerce, communities, sociology, and ecology disciplines.
The planning institute of Australia recognized the first master level program in Queensland
(Chris, 2013). This produced the familiarity with the concepts, professionally competent
graduates, techniques of planning and ideas. The skill is acquisitive by the practical work of the
project or small-scale exercises (Zhiling, 20165).
This is within public policy and a wider intellectual framework of design. There is a good source
of opportunities for research investigation by an advanced program of research.
Evidence and research for the determination at the social level of health direct attention to
present the sectors with the health affect wellbeing and population of health. The sector of
interest is government at the local level that has been recognized as having significant
involvement in activates aimed at promoting and protecting health (Davidson, 2014).
This is necessary to understand the impact of departments at a social level with the focus on
public health and to reduce the impact of health inequities. The particular government role noted
by the World Health Organization in relation to the quality of health. On the social department of

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health, the commission of WHO of health highlighted the interplay and the importance of
government at the local level (Ruming, 2014).
Open space with quality at a high level encourages open people to supports physical and mental
health by physical activity (Bishop, 2014). Social determinants of health and impact assessment
have been covered in the following discussion.
Scope of evidence
Access at good level means the most homes in a neighborhood are within the walking distance of
a green public exposed space. The network of the street at a social level should be within the
easy distance of walking for a green open community space. To inspire cycling and walking to
these places the system of the street should be convenient, linked and feel safe (Smith, 2016).
With the good entrance to community-exposed space are further likely to gain and use such
spaces to associate with physical benefits of health, mental, and associated physical activity.
Distance and quality
There is a substantial suggestion that alive within ambulatory distance of neighborhoods and in
the park with additional green public exposed space with the link of bigger use of these positive
areas and outcomes of positive health (Hildson, 2016). This is associated with the following
criteria.
Advanced birth masses
Good emotional fitness
Lower possibility of high usual blood pressure in females during pregnancy.