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This walkability index is on 2006 ABS CCD boundaries. See the Mayne et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2013, 12:61 http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/12/1/61 for methods. The 2006 Census Collection District digital boundary files populated with the environmental indicator standard scores, full and abridged walkability scores, and full and abridged walkability quartiles for City of Sydney and the greater Sydney Metropolitan Region (Statistical Division). Digital boundaries were obtained from the publication Statistical geography: Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC), digital boundaries, 2006, which is freely available on the Australian Bureau of Statistics website. (Australian Bureau of Statistics. Statistical geography: Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC), digital boundaries, 2006 (catalogue no. 1259.0.30.002). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia; 2007. Available from: (https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/1259.0.30.0022006?OpenDocument) Digital boundaries are based on the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94).
Reference: Mayne, D. J., G. G. Morgan, A. Willmore, N. Rose, B. Jalaludin, H. Bambrick and A. Bauman (2013): An objective index of walkability for research and planning in the Sydney Metropolitan region of New South Wales, Australia: an ecological study. Int J Health Geogr. 2013; 12(1): 61. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-12-61.
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