Community

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Good community health and wellbeing can be obtained by engaging with the community to understand and achieve community aspirations, spirit and ownership

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Developing community engagement and development plans
Using community strength indicators
Celebrating cultural diversity including recognising (where appropriate) traditional land ownership
Creating a safe and secure environment
Providing opportunities for local innovation and entrepreneurship
Using communication tools to build social connectivity
Using community based social marketing (e.g. behavioural change programs)

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Infrastructure:

Early provision of hard and soft infrastructure to encourage and promote cohesive communities

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Early provision of education and other community facilities
Needs based research and facility provision

Urban Planning:

Urban planning that promotes legible, well connected and accessible communities

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Safe and universally accessible community
Vibrant centres
Activation of public spaces
Quality civic space
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
POS areas promoting passive and active recreation
Community gardens
Diversity of lot sizes and building types
Connected street and footpath network
Public art and sense of place
Dispersed community facilities (e.g. decentralised street developments)
Health and wellbeing in design and activities
Higher density models wherever appropriate
Development appropriate to cultural context, such as indigenous communities

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Building Design:

Built form solutions and facilities that allow for a diversity of demographic profiles, facilitating community cohesion and intergenerational communities

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Public/ private interface
‘Eyes on the street’ strategies (e.g. front porches and windows / lighting in strategic locations)
Safe and accessible buildings
Well designed civic buildings that encourage community pride
Self help and self-build housing
Innovations in housing form, creating adaptable and flexible options
Diversity in housing sizes