Health and Community Design

by Frank, Lawrence D.; Engelke, Peter O.; Schmid, Thomas L.

• ISBN13: 9781559639170
• ISBN10: 1559639172
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-23
• Publisher: Island Pr

Summary

Health and Community Designis 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.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Photographs
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Public Health and Urban Form in America: Historical Precedents	p. 11
Physical Activity and Public Health	p. 38
Physical Activity: Types and Patterns	p. 55
Physical Activity: Children, the Elderly, and the Poor	p. 76
Understanding the Built Environment	p. 99
Transportation Systems	p. 117
Land Use Patterns	p. 137
Urban Design Characteristics	p. 152
Application of Principles: Data from Seattle and Atlanta	p. 178
Conclusion	p. 189
Summary of Selected Traffic Calming Studies	p. 201
Endnotes	p. 209
Glossary	p. 217
References	p. 223
About the Authors	p. 243
Index	p. 245
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