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.
Shade provides numerous health benefits and can help protect communities from the harmful effects of excessive ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure and future skin cancer risk. Tree canopy plays a fundamental role in its natural contribution to shade within our urban environments.
Check out the new shade tree guidance
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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.