STAFF PROFILE
Dr. Melanie Lowe
Position:
Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellowship
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School of GUSS
Phone:
+61399254128
Email:
melanie.lowe@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Higgs, C.,Lowe, M.,Hooper, P.,Mavoa, S.,Arundel, J.,Gunn, L.,Simons, K.,Giles-Corti, B. (2023). Policy relevant health related liveability indicator datasets for addresses in Australia’s 21 largest cities In: Scientific Data, 10, 1 - 19
- Giles-Corti, B.,Foster, S.,Lynch, B.,Lowe, M. (2023). What are the lessons from COVID-19 for creating healthy, sustainable, resilient future cities? In: npj Urban Sustainability, 3, 1 - 6
- Giles-Corti, B.,Vernez-Moudon, A.,Lowe, M.,Foster, S.,Kleeman, A.,Bekessy, S.,Higgs, C.,Arundel, J., et al, . (2022). What next? Expanding our view of city planning and global health, and implementing and monitoring evidence-informed policy In: The Lancet Global Health, 10, 919 - 926
- Lowe, M.,Adlakha, D.,Sallis, J.,Higgs, C.,Arundel, J.,Giles-Corti, B., et al, . (2022). City planning policies to support health and sustainability: an international comparison of policy indicators for 25 cities In: The Lancet Global Health, 10, 882 - 894
- Lowe, M.,Whitzman, C.,Badland, H.,Davern, M.,Aye, L.,Hes, D.,Butterworth, I.,Giles-Corti, B. (2015). Planning healthy, liveable and sustainable cities: How can indicators inform policy In: Urban Policy and Research, 33, 131 - 144
- Lowe, M.,Whitzman, C.,Giles-Corti, W. (2015). Improving integrated planning in Melbourne: Exploring barriers and enablers of health-promoting policy integration In: State of Australian Cities Conference 2015: Refereed Proceedings, Gold Coast, Australia, 9-11 December 2015
- Badland, H.,Whitzman, C.,Lowe, M.,Davern, M.,Aye, L.,Butterworth, I.,Hes, D.,Giles-Corti, B. (2014). Urban liveability: Emerging lessons from Australia for exploring the potential for indicators to measure the social determinants of health In: Social Science and Medicine, 111, 64 - 73
- Lowe, M.,Boulange, C.,Giles-Corti, W. (2014). Urban design and health: Progress to date and future challenges In: Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 25, 14 - 18
- Giles-Corti, W.,Eagleson, S.,Lowe, M. (2014). Securing Australia's Future - Sustainable Urban Mobility: The Public Health Impact of Transportation Decisions In: Australian Council of Learned Academies Melbourne, Australia
- Lowe, M.,Whitzman, C.,Giles-Corti, W. (2013). Integrated planning for healthy communities: Does Victorian state legislation promote it? In: State of Australian Cities Conference 2013: Refereed Proceedings, Sydney, Australia, 26-29 November 2013
- Australia-Spain Network for Innovation and Research Excellence - Auspire. Funded by: Horizon Europe 2024 - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions - COFUND from (2025 to 2030)
- Developing indicators to support healthy, climate resilient cities. Funded by: AXA Research Fund Grant from (2023 to 2025)