Takemi Sugiyama is associate professor of Design and Health at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. After his Master of Architecture and PhD in Environment-Behaviour Studies Mr Sugiyama has moved to population health, where he has been working on environmental attributes that can contribute to residents' active living. He has a particular interest in the role of local greenspace in active living, and has published a number of papers on greenspace, physical activity and health in high-impact journals such as American Journal of Public Health, Preventive Medicine, Health & Place, and Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. He is associate editor of Journal of Transport & Health.