Walkability and Health (03-02-22)
Howell and Booth link neighborhood walkability and the presence of outdoor amenities to better health and fewer cases of diabetes among residents.
Howell and Booth link neighborhood walkability and the presence of outdoor amenities to better health and fewer cases of diabetes among residents.
Sands and colleagues researched how urban planners believe design can drive city success.
The groundbreaking urban research of William H. is reported in American Urbanist: How William H. Whyte’s Unconventional Wisdom Reshaped Public Life, by Richard Rein.
Hunter and colleagues studied how neighborhood design influences resident actions.
What sorts of design features encourage people to go outdoors and walk around their neighborhoods, towns and cities? Neuroscience research supplies answers to that question while also making it clear that walking can help us think more clearly, creatively, and productively, all as we burn calories.
Scale matters
Speak and Salbitano evaluated comfort in a range of different urban places.
Researchers have learned that as the forms of cities evolve the personalities of likely residents are different, which has design implications.
Robin Mazumder investigates links between urban design and mental wellbeing.
Samuelsson studied links between urban design and wellbeing.