Fremantle

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Fremantle

• Physical Activity Impact Assessment Framework
• Melissa Stoneham
• Stoneham and Associates

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Background

• PAIAF is a framework for the assessment of
  development impacts on those aspects of the
  physical environment that support physical
  activity as part the land use planning and
  development process.
• Link public health and planning at the local
  government level.
• Conscious action of balancing the trade-offs
  between impacts and benefits of development
  outcomes with the health of individuals.

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Town planning blamed for obesity
Poor town planning which limits opportunities for
children to take exercise has been blamed for
fuelling an increase in obesity. Leading US
paediatrician Professor Richard Jackson called
for a rethink in the way towns and cities are
developed. He said living in a walkable
neighbourhood helped people keep off an average
of seven pounds (3.17kg). Professor Jackson made
his comments at a lecture at London's Institute
of Child Health.
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PAIAF Objectives

• 1. To advance physical activity considerations
  within the Citys areas of responsibility for the
  physical (built and natural) environment.
• 2. To promote consideration of supportive
  environments for active living within industry
  for the sustainable development of the City.
• 3. To promote community awareness for the need
  for supportive environments for active living for
  whole of life cycle.

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Policy Mandate

• PAIAF sits under the CoF PA Strategic Plan
  2005-2009
• PAIAF called up in the CoF Sustainability Plan
• Multifaceted approach to increasing PA
• JWI pilot, Active Parks, trails program, PA
  opportunity register, Walking School Bus,
  workplace programs, Active Freo branding,
  environmental changes.

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What does it look like?Guidelines for Local
Areas or PrecinctsHuman Scale for Getting Out
and About
Desired health outcome
Theme
Land use, planning, urban design engineering
outcome
Existing Stds/guidelines
Design Element
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Elements of the PAIAF

• Divided into the two categories of Design
  Criteria for Local Areas and Places, which
  reflects their application in the planning
  process.
• The principle difference between the two is in
  the scale (spatial area) and complexity (range of
  uses) of the development and associated planning
  and assessment processes.
• 4 Star Development

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PAIAF Themes

• 57 themes addressed in PAIAF.
• end of trip facilities, bicycle parking,
  pedestrian access and mobility, public and
  private open space, shade structures,
  permeability of access ways, availability of age
  appropriate physical activity facilities,
  community safety, etc.

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Future Goals

• Planners to place conditions of approval on DAPs
  that are supportive of PA.
• Accreditation system for developers that will
  engage and educate them about the best approach
  to designing environments that are supportive of
  PA.
• Integrate PAIAF into higher order policies within
  the CoF.

Public health practitioner
LG Planner
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For more information

• Contact me at
• melissagiv_at_git.com.au or
• on 0421 113580

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Performance-based approach