- Feature #1 - Feature #1 Healthy Community Design Streaming Video.
- Feature #2 - Feature #2 Dr. Howard Frumkin named Honorary Chair of CNU 18.
- Feature #3 - Biking and Walking Report.
The way we design and build our communities can affect our physical and mental health. Designing and building healthy communities can improve the quality of life for all people who live, work, worship, learn, and play within their borders—where every person is free to make choices amid a variety of healthy, available, accessible, and affordable options.
“In its broadest sense, environmental health comprises those aspects of human health, disease, and injury that
are determined or influenced by factors in the environment. This includes not only the study of the direct pathological
effects of various chemical, physical, and biological agents, but also the effects on health of the broad physical and
social environment, which includes housing, urban development, land-use and transportation, industry, and agriculture.”
- Healthy People 2010, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Key Topics Related to Community Design
Key Resources
- LEED-ND and Healthy Neighborhoods [PDF - 974 KB]
- Use of Health Impact Assessment in the U.S.: 27 Case Studies [PDF - 411 KB]
- Built Environment + Public Health: A Course Curriculum
- Influencing the Built Environment in Your Community [PDF - 460 KB]
- Investment in Safe Routes to School Projects
- Walking and Biking Benchmarking Project, Thunderhead Alliance
- Walking to Public Transit: Steps to Help Meet Physical Activity Recommendations [PDF - 138 KB]
- Urban Sprawl and Public Health [PDF - 492 KB]
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