| Health and Community Design: The Impact of the Built Environment on Physical Activity Contributor(s): Frank, Lawrence (Author), Engelke, Peter (Author), Schmid, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1559639172 ISBN-13: 9781559639170 Publisher: Island Press OUR PRICE: $40.59 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2003 Annotation: "Health and Community Design" is a comprehensive examination of how the built environment encourages or discourages physical activity, drawing together insights from a range of research on the relationships between urban form and public health. It provides important information about the factors that influence decisions about physical activity and modes of travel, and about how land use patterns can be changed to help overcome barriers to physical activity. Chapters examine: - the historical relationship between health and urban form in the United States - why urban and suburban development should be designed to promote moderate types of physical activity - the divergent needs and requirements of different groups of people and the role of those needs in setting policy - how different settings make it easier or more difficult to incorporate walking and bicycling into everyday activitiesA concluding chapter reviews the arguments presented and sketches a research agenda for the future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Medical | Public Health |
| Dewey: 362.104 |
| LCCN: 2003000999 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.1" W x 9.04" (0.98 lbs) 271 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Health and Community Design is a comprehensive examination of how the built environment encourages or discourages physical activity, drawing together insights from a range of research on the relationships between urban form and public health. It provides important information about the factors that influence decisions about physical activity and modes of travel, and about how land use patterns can be changed to help overcome barriers to physical activity. Chapters examine: the historical relationship between health and urban form in the United States; why urban and suburban development should be designed to promote moderate types of physical activity; the divergent needs and requirements of different groups of people and the role of those needs in setting policy; how different settings make it easier or more difficult to incorporate walking and bicycling into everyday activities; A concluding chapter reviews the arguments presented and sketches a research agenda for the future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Engelke, Peter: - Peter Engelke is Research Associate in the City Planning Program, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology. Schmid, Thomas: - Tom Schmid is Coordinator of the Active Community Environments (ACEs) team in the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity at the National Center for Chronic Disease Control and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Frank, Lawrence: - Larry Frank is Bombadier Chair in Sustainable Transportation Systems at the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia. He recently left the Georgia Institute of Technology where he was an assistant professor in the City Planning Program. He is a registered landscape architect and holds a master in Civil Engineering Transportation Planning and a Ph.D. in Urban Design and Planning from the University of Washington. |