STAFF PROFILE
Dr Sarah Foster
Position:
Senior Lecturer
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
- Foster, S.,Hooper, P.,Burton, N.,Brown, W.,Giles-Corti, B.,Rachele, J.,Turrell, G. (2021). Safe Habitats: Does the Association Between Neighborhood Crime and Walking Differ by Neighborhood Disadvantage? In: Environment and Behavior, 53, 3 - 39
- Bolleter, J.,Grace, B.,Hooper, P.,Foster, S. (2021). Wet-bulb Temperature and Sea-level Rise in the United Arab Emirates–Planning Responses In: Planning Practice and Research, , 1 - 22
- Bolleter, J.,Edwards, N.,Cameron, R.,Duckworth-Smith, A.,Freestone, R.,Foster, S.,Hooper, P. (2021). (In Press) Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Canvassing Opinion from Planning Professionals In: Planning Practice and Research, , 1 - 23
- Hooper, P.,Boulange, C.,Arciniegas, G.,Foster, S.,Bolleter, J.,Pettit, C. (2021). Exploring the potential for planning support systems to bridge the research-translation gap between public health and urban planning In: International Journal of Health Geographics, 20, 1 - 17
- Hooper, P.,Foster, S.,Bull, F.,Knuiman, M.,Christian, H.,Timperio, A.,Wood, L.,Trapp, G.,Boruff, B.,Francis, J.,Strange, C.,Badland, H.,Gunn, L.,Falconer, R.,Learnihan, V.,McCormack, G.,Sugiyama, T.,Giles-Corti, W. (2020). Living liveable? RESIDE's evaluation of the “Liveable Neighborhoods” planning policy on the health supportive behaviors and wellbeing of residents in Perth, Western Australia In: SSM - Population Health, 10, 1 - 19
- Foster, S.,Hooper, P.,Divitini, M.,Knuiman, M.,Trapp, G. (2020). Over the limit? Testing non-linear associations between alcohol outlets and young adults’ alcohol consumption In: Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, 664 - 670
- Alderton, A.,Henry, N.,Foster, S.,Badland, H. (2020). Examining the relationship between urban liveability and gender-based violence: A systematic review In: Health and Place, 64, 1 - 22
- Kleeman, A.,Gunn, L.,Giles-Corti, B.,Foster, S. (2020). (In Press) Communal area design in apartment buildings: development and comparison of a desktop and on-the-ground landscape assessment tool In: Cities and Health, , 1 - 15
- Hooper, P.,Foster, S.,Edwards, N.,Turrell, G.,Burton, N.,Giles-Corti, B.,Brown, W. (2020). Positive HABITATS for physical activity: Examining use of parks and its contribution to physical activity levels in mid-to older-aged adults In: Health and Place, 63, 1 - 14
- Easthope, H.,Crommelin, L.,Troy, L.,Davison, G.,Nethercote, M.,Foster, S.,Van Den Nouwelant, R.,Kleeman, A.,Randolph, B.,Horne, R. (2020). Improving outcomes for apartment residents and neighbourhoods, AHURI Final Report No. 329 In: AHURI Melbourne, Australia
2 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)