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Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Paula Hooper is a Healthway Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC) within the School of Design at the University of Western Australia.
Her multidisciplinary research work has studied the impact of the built environment and urban design on health and wellbeing and has had a strong focus on policy-relevance and research-translation, for which she has won numerous planning industry-based awards.
Her current Healthway Research Fellowship will see her developing, implementing and evaluating an evidence-based health impact planning support system to assist in the design and creation of healthy liveable communities.
Paula is highly skilled in spatial analytics and the use of geographic informations systems and the development of measurement methods of urban design features and public open space.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Industry keywords
- Built Environment
- Health
- Environmental
Research expertise keywords
- Urban Planning
- Public health
- Physical activity promotion
- Physical activity and obesity
- Health and the built environment
- Health promotion evaluation
- Health promotion
- Geographic information systems (GIS)
- Planning theory and professional practice
- Geography
- Spatial Analysis
- Spatial statistics
- Epidemiological methods
- Evaluation
- Policy evaluation
- Urban analytics
- Planning support systems
- Public participatory GIS
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Individual School Reports for the TREK2School Study
Gannett, A., Saunders, J., Hooper, P. & Trapp, G., Feb 2025, (Unpublished)Research output: Book/Report › Report
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Mapping outdoor alcohol advertising around waterways in an exploration of where and what the advertisements feature
Leavy, J. E., Hooper, P., Trapp, G., Carey, R. N. & Crawford, G., May 2025, In: Health & Place. 93, 8 p., 103463.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Where are the alcohol advertising hotspots near schools?
Mandzufas, J., Lombardi, K., Johnston, R. S., Bivoltsis, A., Howard, J., Hooper, P. & Trapp, G. S. A., Jan 2025, In: Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 36, 1, 6 p., e896.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are All Apartments Equal? An Investigation of Contemporary Apartment Design Quality by Neighbourhood-Level Socioeconomic Disadvantage
Foster, S., Hooper, P., Kleeman, A. & Turrell, G., 22 Apr 2024, In: Urban Policy and Research. 42, 2, p. 124-138 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A reliability study of the Park Life public participatory geographic information system survey
Hooper, P. & Edwards, N., Feb 2024, In: Geographical Research. 62, 1, p. 134-146 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)
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Park Life - Perth Pilot Project
Hooper, P. (Creator), Edwards, N. (Data Manager), Burton, M. (Contributor) & Pandit, R. (Contributor), The University of Western Australia, 2021
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PLAWA Community Facility Guidelines 2020 Mapping Portal for Perth and Peel
Hooper, P. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, Aug 2020
DOI: 10.26182/5f48756e3e9a7, https://uwa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=057e427ac6054d1d8a7bdefdfc066c10
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Public Open Space Tool
Hooper, P. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 1 Jan 2012
DOI: 10.26182/5f47217418828, https://www.postool.com.au
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Plan My Australia
Edwards, N. (Creator), Bolleter, J. (Owner) & Hooper, P. (Contributor), The University of Western Australia, 8 Jun 2021
DOI: 10.26182/zpdv-2486
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Pioneering a national 'Food Atlas' to map, measure, and monitor food access across Australia
Trapp, G. (Investigator 01), Hooper, P. (Investigator 02), Thornton, L. (Investigator 03), Cooper, M. (Investigator 04), Pulker, C. (Investigator 05) & Bivoltsis, A. (Investigator 06)
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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AUDRC Research Collaboration Agreement 2023
Hooper, P. (Investigator 01) & Bolleter, J. (Investigator 02)
Western Australian Planning Commission
1/07/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Collaborative Research Agreement AUDRC and PLA WA
Hooper, P. (Investigator 01)
PARKS AND LEISURE AUSTRALIA WA
1/11/23 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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UDIA WA Development Ready Pipeline survey / AUDRC Map My Say
Hooper, P. (Investigator 01)
Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA)
28/11/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Exploring the impact of outdoor advertising through the eyes of children
Trapp, G. (Investigator 01), Martin, K. (Investigator 02), Brinkman, S. (Investigator 03), Hooper, P. (Investigator 04), Pulker, C. (Investigator 05), Mandzufas, J. (Investigator 06) & Howard, J. (Investigator 07)
1/07/22 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
Prizes
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Winner: 2021 Planning Research Award, Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) WA Awards for Planning Excellence, Perth
Bolleter, J. (Recipient), Hooper, P. (Recipient), Grace, B. (Recipient) & Freestone, R. (Recipient), 2020
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Activities
- 1 Collaboration on community projects
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Hamilton Hill senior high school redevelopment - local structure plan development community engagement
Hooper, P. (Speaker)
Sept 2017 → Nov 2017Activity: Service and engagement › Collaboration on community projects