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Billie Giles-Corti

Billie Giles-Corti

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D-Index
107
Citations
46389
World Ranking
6200
National Ranking
173

Overview

Billie Giles-Corti is affiliated with RMIT University in Australia and has a significant body of research primarily situated within the Social Sciences. Their work focuses extensively on topics connected to urban transport, health, and sustainability, contributing over a hundred publications to these domains.

The main fields of study pursued include Social Sciences, with subfields such as Transportation, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Health, Public Health (Environmental and Occupational Health), as well as Sociology and Political Science.

The key topics explored in their research are:

  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Among their recent publications are:

  • "An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health" (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Defining pathways to healthy sustainable urban development" (2020), Environment International
  • "City planning policies to support health and sustainability: an international comparison of policy indicators for 25 cities" (2022), The Lancet Global Health
  • "Using open data and open-source software to develop spatial indicators of urban design and transport features for achieving healthy and sustainable cities" (2022), The Lancet Global Health
  • "What next? Expanding our view of city planning and global health, and implementing and monitoring evidence-informed policy" (2022), The Lancet Global Health

Frequent co-authors in Billie Giles-Corti's work include Lucy Gunn, Carl Higgs, Afshin Jafari, Melanie Lowe, and Alan Both.

Their contributions are regularly published in notable venues such as The Lancet Global Health, Health & Place, Cities, arXiv (Cornell University), and the Journal of Transport & Health.

Best Publications

  • Increasing walking: How important is distance to, attractiveness, and size of public open space?

    Billie Giles-Corti;Melissa H. Broomhall;Matthew Knuiman;Catherine Collins

  • The relative influence of individual, social and physical environment determinants of physical activity.

    Billie Giles-Corti;Robert J Donovan

  • City planning and population health: a global challenge

    Billie Giles-Corti;Anne Vernez-Moudon;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Rodrigo Siqueira Reis;Gavin Turrell;Gavin Turrell

  • How many steps/day are enough? for adults

    Catrine Tudor-Locke;Cora L Craig;Wendy J Brown;Stacy A Clemes

  • Socioeconomic Status Differences in Recreational Physical Activity Levels and Real and Perceived Access to a Supportive Physical Environment

    Billie Giles-Corti;Robert J Donovan

  • Associations of neighbourhood greenness with physical and mental health: do walking, social coherence and local social interaction explain the relationships?

    Takemi Sugiyama;Eva R. Leslie;Billie Giles-Corti;Neville Owen

  • Developing a framework for assessment of the environmental determinants of walking and cycling.

    Terri Pikora;Billie Giles-Corti;Fiona Bull;Fiona Bull;Konrad Jamrozik;Konrad Jamrozik

  • Personal, family, social, and environmental correlates of active commuting to school.

    Anna Timperio;Kylie Ball;Jo Salmon;Rebecca Roberts

  • The ABC of physical activity for health: A consensus statement from the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences

    Gary O'Donovan;Anthony J Blazevich;Colin Boreham;Ashley R Cooper

  • Understanding physical activity environmental correlates : increased specificity for ecological models

    Billie Giles-Corti;Anna Timperio;Fiona Bull;Terri Pikora

  • Relative influences of individual, social environmental, and physical environmental correlates of walking

    Billie Giles-Corti;Robert J. Donovan

  • The built environment, neighborhood crime and constrained physical activity: An exploration of inconsistent findings

    Samantha Foster;Billie Giles-Corti

  • Developing a reliable audit instrument to measure the physical environment for physical activity

    Terri J Pikora;Fiona C.L Bull;Konrad Jamrozik;Konrad Jamrozik;Matthew Knuiman

  • The pet connection: Pets as a conduit for social capital?

    Lisa Wood;Billie Giles-Corti;Mahesh Bulsara

  • Land use, transport, and population health: estimating the health benefits of compact cities.

    Mark Stevenson;Mark Stevenson;Jason Thompson;Jason Thompson;Thiago Herick de Sa;Reid Ewing

  • Associations Between Recreational Walking and Attractiveness, Size, and Proximity of Neighborhood Open Spaces

    Takemi Sugiyama;Jacinta Francis;Nicholas J. Middleton;Neville Owen

  • Sense of community and its relationship with walking and neighborhood design.

    Lisa Wood;Lawrence D. Frank;Billie Giles-Corti

  • Active commuting in a university setting: Assessing commuting habits and potential for modal change

    Tya Shannon;Billie Giles-Corti;Terri Pikora;Max K Bulsara

  • Public open space, physical activity, urban design and public health: Concepts, methods and research agenda

    Mohammad Javad Koohsari;Mohammad Javad Koohsari;Suzanne Mavoa;Karen Villanueva;Karen Villanueva;Takemi Sugiyama;Takemi Sugiyama

  • Environmental and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Perth, Australia:

    Billie Giles-Corti;Sally Macintyre;Johanna P. Clarkson;Terro Pikora

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Knuiman
Matthew Knuiman University of Western Australia
Hannah Badland
Hannah Badland RMIT University
Fiona Bull
Fiona Bull World Health Organization
Gavin Turrell
Gavin Turrell RMIT University
Hayley Christian
Hayley Christian University of Western Australia
Lisa Wood
Lisa Wood University of Newcastle Australia
Anna Timperio
Anna Timperio Deakin University
Paula Hooper
Paula Hooper University of Western Australia
Robert J. Donovan
Robert J. Donovan University of Western Australia
Takemi Sugiyama
Takemi Sugiyama Swinburne University of Technology

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