STAFF PROFILE
Dr Sarah Foster
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School of GUSS
Phone:
+61399251525
Email:
sarah.foster@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Built environment; Crime and fear of crime; Mental health; Walking; Sense of community; Alcohol consumption; Apartment design; Design policy; Quantitative analysis
- Kleeman, A.,Hooper, P.,Edwards, N.,Bolleter, J.,Foster, S. (2023). Research note: Associations between the implementation of communal open space design guidelines and residents’ use of these spaces in apartment developments In: Landscape and Urban Planning, 230, 1 - 13
- Kleeman, A.,Giles-Corti, B.,Gunn, L.,Hooper, P.,Foster, S. (2023). The impact of the design and quality of communal areas in apartment buildings on residents' neighbouring and loneliness In: Cities, 133, 1 - 14
- De Gruyter, C.,Hooper, P.,Foster, S. (2023). Do apartment residents have enough car parking? An empirical assessment of car parking adequacy in Australian cities In: Journal of Transport Geography, 107, 1 - 11
- Jamalishahni, T.,Turrell, G.,Foster, S.,Davern, M.,Villanueva, K. (2023). Neighbourhood socio-economic disadvantage and loneliness: the contribution of green space quantity and quality In: BMC Public Health, 23, 1 - 17
- Kleeman, A.,Foster, S. (2023). ‘It feels smaller now’: The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on apartment residents and their living environment – A longitudinal study In: Journal of Environmental Psychology, 89, 1 - 9
- Hooper, P.,Kleeman, A.,Edwards, N.,Bolleter, J.,Foster, S. (2023). The architecture of mental health: identifying the combination of apartment building design requirements for positive mental health outcomes In: The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 37, 1 - 1
- Hooper, P.,Bolleter, J.,Edwards, N.,Kleeman, A.,Duckworth, A.,Foster, S. (2022). Measuring the high life: A method for assessing apartment design policy implementation In: MethodsX, 9, 1 - 28
- Jamalishahni, T.,Turrell, G.,Villanueva, K.,Foster, S.,Davern, M. (2022). Contribution of the built environment to inequity in loneliness by neighbourhood disadvantage in Australia In: Cities and Health, 6, 1067 - 1080
- Bolleter, J.,Grace, B.,Foster, S.,Duckworth-Smith, A.,Hooper, P. (2022). Projected Extreme Heat Stress in Northern Australia and the Implications for Development Policy In: Planning Practice and Research, 37, 601 - 623
- Foster, S.,Hooper, P.,Turrell, G.,Maitland, C.,Giles-Corti, W.,Kleeman, A. (2022). Grand designs for design policy: Associations between apartment policy standards, perceptions of good design and mental wellbeing In: SSM - Population Health, 20, 1 - 8
1 PhD Completions3 PhD Current Supervisions
- Creating evidence-based public open space standards for apartment residents. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2021 from (2021 to 2024)
- Map My Say - An Innovative Participatory Mapping Tool for TOD Evaluation (Administered by University of Western Australia). Funded by: ARC Linkage Project Grants 2019 from (2020 to 2023)
- Improving outcomes for apartment residents and neighbourhoods (Administered by UNSW). Funded by: AHURI Research Grants 2019 (CAT 1 Generic) from (2019 to 2020)
- Optimising apartment design policy to equitably enhance mental health. Funded by: Healthway Health Promotion Research Intervention Grant from (2018 to 2022)
- Enabling active travel in Australian cities by mapping shadeways (Smart Active Transport - Urban Heat Maps for Bendigo). Funded by: Smart Cities and Suburbs Program - 2017 onwards from (2017 to 2020)