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Updated May 2013

Search results for:Environmental Planning > Built Environment

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Sallis JF, Slymen DJ, Conway TL, Frank LD, Saelens BE, Cain K, et al.
Income disparities in perceived neighborhood built and social environment attributes.
Health Place. 2011 Mar 9.
Napier MA, Brown BB, Werner CM, Gallimore J.
Walking to school: Community design and child and parent barriers.
J Environ Psychol. 2011;31(1):45-51.
Foster J, Lowe A, Winkelman S.
The value of green infrastructure for urban climate adaptation.
Washington, DC: Center for Clean Air Policy; 2011 Feb.

The report evaluates the performance and benefits of a selection of green infrastructure solutions. For climate adaptation and sustainability, green infrastructure, eco-roofs, and urban trees are often more cost-effective than traditional methods. Examples of cities that implemented green infrastructure are described.

Gibson M, Petticrew M, Bambra C, Sowden AJ, Wright KE, Whitehead M.
Housing and health inequalities: A synthesis of systematic reviews of interventions aimed at different pathways linking housing and health.
Health Place. 2011;17(1):175-84.
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
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Canada's Heart and Stroke Foundation's aim is to eliminate heart disease and stroke through the advancement of research and promotion of healthy living.The Foundation includes funding projects about the influence of the built environment on active living.

Litman T.
Evaluating public transportation benefits.
Victoria, BC: Victoria Transport Policy Institute; 2011 Jan.

This report examines how public transportation can provide significant health benefits and how to integrate these findings into transport policy and planning decisions. It discusses how improving transportation can be the most cost effective way to achieve public health objectives.

Lachapelle U, Frank L, Saelens BE, Sallis JF, Conway TL.
Commuting by public transit and physical activity: where you live, where you work, and how you get there.
J Phys Act Health. 2011 Jan;8 Suppl 1:S72-82.
American Public Health Association.
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The American Public Health Association is a U.S. organization that aims to improve public health. It works to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities, including the healthy built environment. Within the built environment, transportation is the main focus.environment. Within the built environment, transportation is the main focus.

Association Pour la Santé Publique du Québec.
The school zone and nutrition: courses of action for the municipal sector.
Montréal, QC: Association Pour la Santé Publique du Québec; 2011.

This is a step-by-step guide for municipalities to limit fast food restaurants in school zones in Québec. It covers the legal and urban aspects, provides a tool to tailor the implementation, and finally describes Baie-Saint-Paul and Gatineau experiences.

American Public Health Association.
Complete streets - active transportation, safety and mobility for individuals of all ages and abilities.
Washington, DC: APHA; 2011.

This fact sheet describes how the Complete Streets policy promotes planning, engineering and transportation policies for a safer road network for all. It expands on specific implementations of the policy in US cities: Boulder, Nashville, Hennepin County, New York, and Charlotte.