111 Crawling Before We Walk: Transdisciplinary Insights into Improving the Liveability and Walkability of Campus Settings

Since the 1960s, development patterns influenced by upstream land use planning policies have favoured a more suburban car-based approach for street and neighbourhood design (McGrath, 1992), subsequently influencing transport system needs and scheme design. In turn, transport policy and design influence population physical activity levels and emissions. As we moved to this more suburban design, our university campuses followed suit and now we have challenges that deter physical activity to and through our university campuses. Furthermore, air quality issues encouraged by a suburban design can enhance an individual’s discomfort in participating in physical activity and may influence their decision to drive rather than walk or cycle, exasperating the air quality (An et al., 2018). Central to this transdisciplinary issue are differences in terminology and unfamiliarity with the needs, objectives and processes of other disciplines which can make communication difficult between professional groups (Fitzsimons D’Arc