Book chapter
Designing Healthier Built Environments
Neighborhoods and Health
09 May 2018
Abstract
The “built environment” is comprised of human-made structures and systems, and aspects include access to and attractiveness of walkable destinations (e.g., retail stores, parks) and community design features (e.g., street connectivity, sidewalk access). A variety of built environment characteristics can influence health outcomes and behaviors, including physical activity, obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and mental health, as well as sleep and use of tobacco and alcohol. This chapter discusses the large and complex accumulated research on the built environment as well as the methods used to study it, research challenges, policy implication, and how to bring together partnerships for policy change. This chapter also discusses the research conducted across populations (e.g., children, low-income individuals) and geographies (e.g., urban and rural geographies).
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Details
- Title
- Designing Healthier Built Environments
- Creators
- Pedro GullónGina S Lovasi
- Publication Details
- Neighborhoods and Health
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; New York
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Other Identifier
- 991019174591404721