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Walk Hub by Queensland Walks – Making Walking Better
Walk Hub is a free online resource that helps you to see if your streets could be improved for walking, and ways to report a problem, suggest improvements, or take action to tackle a bigger problem.
The Actions Hub by The Obesity Collective
The Actions Hub collates actions across a range of sectors to encourage a collaborative approach to obesity prevention.
Street design manual: Walkable neighbourhoods
Practical guide for the design and development of Queensland’s residential neighbourhoods.
Building physical activity into urban planning and design
A series of evidence-based resources produced by the Heart Foundation to support relevant built environment, government, and health professionals to make our cities and towns healthier places to live. 
Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities
Global, multi-institutional, transdisciplinary initiative providing evidence-based spatial and urban policy indicators to advocate for and track progress towards healthy and sustainable cities for all.
Transport Health Assessment Tool (THAT) 
A freely accessible tool that measures and quantifies health benefits derived from replacing short car trips with walking and cycling.

Related Resources

Walk Hub by Queensland Walks – Making Walking Better
Walk Hub is a free online resource that helps you to see if your streets could be improved for walking, and ways to report a problem, suggest improvements, or take action to tackle a bigger problem.
The Actions Hub by The Obesity Collective
The Actions Hub collates actions across a range of sectors to encourage a collaborative approach to obesity prevention.
Street design manual: Walkable neighbourhoods
Practical guide for the design and development of Queensland’s residential neighbourhoods.
Building physical activity into urban planning and design
A series of evidence-based resources produced by the Heart Foundation to support relevant built environment, government, and health professionals to make our cities and towns healthier places to live. 
Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities
Global, multi-institutional, transdisciplinary initiative providing evidence-based spatial and urban policy indicators to advocate for and track progress towards healthy and sustainable cities for all.
Transport Health Assessment Tool (THAT) 
A freely accessible tool that measures and quantifies health benefits derived from replacing short car trips with walking and cycling.