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Updated June 2013

Search results for:Environmental Planning > Built Environment

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Satariano WA, Guralnik JM, Jackson RJ, Marottoli RA, Phelan EA, Prohaska TR.
Mobility and aging: new directions for public health action.
Am J Public Health. 2012;102(8):1508-15.
Witten K, Blakely T, Bagheri N, Badland H, Ivory V, Pearce J, et al.
Neighborhood built environment and transport and leisure physical activity: Findings using objective exposure and outcome measures in New Zealand.
Environ Health Perspect. 2012;120(7):971-7.
Maryland Department of Planning
Smart growth planning topics.
Baltimore, MD: Department of Planning; [updated 2012-06-20; cited 2013 April 2];

The website highlights case studies of smart growth achievements in Maryland counties, cities, and towns. For example, the employer-assisted home-buying program and the ban on large housing developments served by septic systems are strategies deployed to curb sprawl in Baltimore.

Beenackers MA, Foster S, Kamphuis CBM, Titze S, Divitini M, Knuiman M, et al.
Taking up cycling after residential relocation: Built environment factors.
Am J Prev Med. 2012;42(6):610-5.
Gustat J, Rice J, Parker KM, Becker AB, Farley TA.
Effect of changes to the neighborhood built environment on physical activity in a low-income African American neighborhood.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2012;9:E57.