Conceptual Approaches of Health and Wellbeing at the Apartment Building Scale: A Review of Australian Studies

Al-Obaidi, T; Prior, J; McIntyre, E

Conceptual Approaches of Health and Wellbeing at the Apartment Building Scale: A Review of Australian Studies

Al-Obaidi, T Prior, J

McIntyre, E

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Citation:: Sustainability, 14, (23), pp. 15536-15536
Issue Date:: 2022-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Al-Obaidi, T
dc.contributor.author	Prior, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-5207
dc.contributor.author	McIntyre, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3970-9979
dc.date.accessioned	2022-11-24T04:46:47Z
dc.date.available	2022-11-24T04:46:47Z
dc.date.issued	2022-12-01
dc.identifier.citation	Sustainability, 14, (23), pp. 15536-15536
dc.identifier.issn	2071-1050
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/163724
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p>The complexity of environmental challenges facing populations are pushing researchers to go beyond traditional study designs alone to investigate health within the urban environment using integrated coupled human-environment systems thinking. As high-density apartment living is increasing in Australia, it is important to understand the conceptual frameworks guiding research at this scale in Australia; therefore, this article provides a systematic search and review of residents-based studies exploring whether they conceptualised their approach to health using ecological systems thinking at the building scale. Residents-based research published in English between January 2011 and June 2021 was searched across six databases, with 1265 articles identified and six articles included for review. Findings demonstrate a lack of study designs that use systemic and integrated thinking. More specifically, complex systems thinking of health and the urban environment with coupled human-environment views are not fully grasped or reflected in current study designs. This gap is further complicated by a lack of explicit definition and conceptualisation of health and wellbeing and a diverse approach to their use. Future research should consider adopting relational and integrated thinking of health drivers along with an ecological perspective to address residents’ multiple challenges and implement the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	MDPI AG
dc.relation	Maridulu Budyari Gumal - The Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE)
dc.relation.ispartof	Sustainability
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3390/su142315536
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	12 Built Environment and Design
dc.title	Conceptual Approaches of Health and Wellbeing at the Apartment Building Scale: A Review of Australian Studies
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	14
utslib.for	12 Built Environment and Design
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - ISF - Institute for Sustainable Futures
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2022-11-24T04:46:46Z
pubs.issue	23
pubs.publication-status	Published online
pubs.volume	14
utslib.citation.issue	23

Abstract:

The complexity of environmental challenges facing populations are pushing researchers to go beyond traditional study designs alone to investigate health within the urban environment using integrated coupled human-environment systems thinking. As high-density apartment living is increasing in Australia, it is important to understand the conceptual frameworks guiding research at this scale in Australia; therefore, this article provides a systematic search and review of residents-based studies exploring whether they conceptualised their approach to health using ecological systems thinking at the building scale. Residents-based research published in English between January 2011 and June 2021 was searched across six databases, with 1265 articles identified and six articles included for review. Findings demonstrate a lack of study designs that use systemic and integrated thinking. More specifically, complex systems thinking of health and the urban environment with coupled human-environment views are not fully grasped or reflected in current study designs. This gap is further complicated by a lack of explicit definition and conceptualisation of health and wellbeing and a diverse approach to their use. Future research should consider adopting relational and integrated thinking of health drivers along with an ecological perspective to address residents’ multiple challenges and implement the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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