Health and Community Design : The Impact of the Built Environment on Physical Activity

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

ISBN 10: 1559639172 / ISBN 13: 9781559639170

Published by Island Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Health and Community Design : The Impact of the Built Environment on Physical Activity
• Publisher: Island Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559639172
• ISBN 13: 9781559639170
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

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.



Peter Engelke is Research Associate in the City Planning Program, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology.


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.