Neighborhood Planning and Children’s Outdoor Activities (02-22-11)
New research related to neighborhood design and the use of outdoor spaces by children after school has been published.
New research related to neighborhood design and the use of outdoor spaces by children after school has been published.
Researchers from Penn State have investigated the society-wide payoffs on investments in public parks and recreation sites.
Nature experiences have an important influence on human attitudes and behaviors.
Researchers affiliated with the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council have investigated how older people experience streetscapes.
Living in a walkable neighborhood can be good for both your physical and mental health.
That ivy may be destroying the façade of your home, but it’s doing all sorts of good things for your neighbors psychologically.
Tomasulo, reporting from the annual meeting of the Urban Land Institute, discusses ways that the condition of the economy, Generation Y’s entry into the home market, and Baby Boomers aging in place are influencing the housing market.
The UK’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) is making available free, at the website listed below, a guide to designing streets that are hospitable for people with poor vision.
When people feel attached to their neighborhood, they have an “emotional connection to [its] physical and social environments.”
Even being exposed to dim light during the night can increase rates of weight gain.