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title: 'GEOM90008: Research Report'

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# GEOM90008: Research Report

## Purpouse Statement

The purpouse of this study is to evaluate further candidate suburbs for the *20 Minute Neighbourhood Program*; The objectvie of which is to increase inclusivity, health and livability of exisiting LGAs within **Greater Melbourne** *(local government areas)*.

## Research Question
> "Which existing LGAs within Greater Melbourne would benifit most from the implementation of the 20 Minute Neighbourhood Program"
## Research Approach
The key tool used to carry out this research will be using a **Suitability Analysis**. For this purpouse The following graphic  will be utilised to derrive the suitibality criterion.
![](https://i.imgur.com/nJ5yO0F.png)
### Suitabiltiy Criterion
The suitability criterion are derived using the above graphic and defined in more concrete terms using the checklist document [herehttps://cur.org.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/urban_livability_checklist4pp-a3-aw-002.pdf](https://) thus are sperated into **5** topics with a member covering a topic each.

#### Education Domain
##### Yihan
* Primary school proximity
* Primary school availability
* *Primary school traffic volume expectancy*

#### Public (Alternative) Transport Domain 
##### Hummad
* Bus access
* Tram access
* Train access
* Density of cycling network

#### Housing Domain
##### Lelin
* Housing density
* Housing diversity

#### Walkability Domain
##### Julian
* Street connectivity
* Local living destinations
* Food access
* Safe for walking

#### Open Space
##### Hummad
* Large open space distance
* Tree density excluding parks and reserves

### Suitability Scoring
#### Weightage Consideration
1. Direct weightage
2. Analytic Hiearchy Process