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

Name: Health and Community Design The Impact of the Built Environment on Physical Activity
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ISBN: 9781559639170

ISBN-10: 1559639172

ISBN-13: 9781559639170

Edition: 2nd 2003

Authors: Lawrence Frank, Peter Engelke, Thomas Schmid, Lawrence Frank, Peter Engelke

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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…

Book details

List price: $41.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 5/23/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 271
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Peter Engelke is a Senior Fellow at the Strategic Foresight Initiative at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC.



List of Figures


List of Photographs


List of Tables


Preface and Acknowledgments



Introduction



Public Health and Urban Form in America: Historical Precedents



Physical Activity and Public Health



Physical Activity: Types and Patterns



Physical Activity: Children, the Elderly, and the Poor



Understanding the Built Environment



Transportation Systems



Land Use Patterns



Urban Design Characteristics



Application of Principles: Data from Seattle and Atlanta



Conclusion



Summary of Selected Traffic Calming Studies


Endnotes


Glossary


References


About the Authors


Index