Healthy Communities
Community and public health goals can be supported through strategies that further sustainability. Research has shown that community design can have an important impact on a variety of health factors including obesity rates, respiratory and cardio-vascular health.
- Understanding the Relationship Between Public Health and the Built Environment
- Environment and Development Myth and Fact
- The Hidden Health Costs of Transportation
- Comprehensive Planning for Public Health
- Community Design and Policies for Free-Range Children: Creating Environments That Support Routine Physical Activity
- Report to the U.S. Congress on the Outcomes of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program
- 2012 U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
- National Complete Streets Coalition 2011 Annual Report
- Safe Routes to School: Handbook of Local Policy Best Practices for Idaho
- From Vacancy to Vibrancy
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- CDC Recommendations for Improving Health through Transportation Policy
- Food Environment Atlas
- Parks, People, and Places: Making Parks Accessible to the Community
- Pedestrian and Transit Friendly Design: A Primer for Smart Growth
- A Citizen's Guide to LEED for Neighborhood Development: How to Tell if Development is Smart and Green
- Parkscore
- NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide
- EPA's NEPAssist Tool
- County Health Rankings
- Brownfields Roadmap (5th edition)
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Programs, Initiatives
and Additional Resources
- Sustainable Communities "Creating Healthy Communities"
- Most Bikeable Cities
- California Environmental Justice Alliance's Green Zones Initiative
- Spotlight on Sustainability: Denver, CO
- Turning abandoned and obsolete properties into "park-oriented development"
- Environmental Justice in Action Blog
- San Francisco: Reclaiming Streets With Innovative Solutions
- AARP's Network of Age-Friendly Communities
- Red Fields to Green Fields
- Communities Learn the Good Life Can Be a Killer
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