Reimagining Digital Government Services
How can we re-imagine digital government services in Australia to enable a seamless experience for people of all abilities.
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Project Open Spaces
Project Info
Team Name
SwitchCase Project 1
Team Members
RJ , AC , Ayush , SK
Project Description
Open spaces is a data and intelligence driven story to capture the ways to improve and create more and engaging public spaces around us.
Open and public spaces appear in various forms and the decision to create a particular type of space is a rather complex one. Various factors like health profiles, socio-economic behaviours, burden of disease , crime rates etc drive the decision and ultimate determine the level of engagement with community for that open and public space
COVID has forever changed how we see and perceive our public spaces. During lockdowns and periods of extreme stress , open and public spaces were a saviour and provided a mechanism to disconnect and destress . There is a strong correlation between mental health and wellbeing with the public spaces.
Our interactive tool will bring together community to engage in the process of creating an inclusive yet practical space. The tool is envisioned to provide a visual mechanism to put ideas together for our open spaces and streets around it. This will serve as a great addition to Planners in determining what the community wants their space to be
We will also look at various aspects of Local and State governments strategic investments and how they will shape the future of the open and public spaces.
Team DataSets
Administrative Boundaries Theme – Local Government Area
Description of Use This dataset has been used to convert various other data from suburb to LGA data.
National Public Toilet Map
Description of Use The data has been used to display public toilets available by LGA.
JobKeeper postcode data
COVID-19 cases and tests by local government area
Description of Use The data has been used to show impact of covid by councils.
Liquor licence data
Description of Use This data has been used to show a trend of liquor consumption and impact on crime in public spaces.
HealthStats NSW
Description of Use The data from health stats have been used to determine trend in mental and physical health issues by each LGA.
Your Council Report
Description of Use The time-series data has been used to show trends in expenditure of council funds on public spaces, the count of various public spaces ,
Bocsar Crime Stats
Description of Use This dataset has been used to determine crimes that happened in public spaces in various LGA
Challenge Entries
ROAD TO RECOVERY Public Spaces
How do we build confidence in the community to use public spaces to support economic, social, cultural and environmental recovery, whether in response to Covid-19, or other disasters such as recent bushfires and floods?
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MORE Public Spaces
How do we unlock underutilised government owned land and property to create new, high quality public space?
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BETTER Public Spaces
How do we help ensure everyone feels welcome and safe in public spaces (day and night) regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or identity?
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ACTIVATED Public Spaces
What makes a public space vibrant, walkable, and encourages people to dwell longer at different times of the day or night, and throughout the year?
Go to Challenge | 17 teams have entered this challenge.