JIBE 20mnMelbourne

This repository relates to the 20-minute neighbourhood intervention for Melbourne forming part of the JIBE project described below. It contains data to support the code repository at https://github.com/jibeproject/20mnMelbourne.

It also supports a paper: Pemberton, S., Saghapour, T., Giles-Corti, B., Abdollahyar, M., Both, A., Pearson, D., Higgs, C., Jafari, A., Singh, D., Gunn, L., Woodcock, J., & Zapata-Diomedi, B. (2026). Infrastructure and accessibility implications of implementing x-minute city policies in low-density contexts. Cities, 171, 106717. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106717.

JIBE (Joining Impact models of transport with spatial measures of the Built Environment) is a project undertaken by a group of Australian and UK active transport and health researchers to virtually model and test the benefits of transport planning in creating healthier and sustainable cities in both countries. By testing and estimating the health impacts of scenarios in urban and transport planning interventions in different contexts, the project informs city planners and public health practitioners about what scenarios have the greatest chance of promoting good health for future planning. Funded by the UK Medical Research (UKRI) and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC APP1192788 ), the project brings together research linking the built environment, transport and other health behaviours to develop computer models that can better inform urban and transport planning policy and practice in Australia and the UK. The project is led by Dr Belen Zapata-Diomedi at RMIT University and Professor James Woodcock at the University of Cambridge, and involves a multi-disciplinary team of leading researchers with complementary expertise across Australia (Monash University, University of Melbourne, University of Queensland) and England (Imperial College London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Leicester). Emeritus Professor Billie Giles-Corti was a member of the leadership team from 2020 until her retirement in December 2022.