Walking to Neighborhood Parks (12-26-12)
Neighborhood and urban design that encourages walking is frequently researched.
Neighborhood and urban design that encourages walking is frequently researched.
Understanding an area's layout and being able to see more of it helps with navigation.
Nathan, Wood, and Giles-Corti move knowledge on designing for exercise forward.
Ramesh reports on happiness research in a recent edition of The Guardian.
Appold and Kasarda investigated airport cities.
The American Planning Association (APA) has announced its 2012 Great Places in America at https://www.planning.org/greatplaces/.
People interested in urban design will find Speck’s book useful, even if they do not generally focus on designing to enhance the health of the public or the planet.
How does street cleaning influence car usage?
The right urban environments can be restorative.
John Parkinson of the University of Warwick has studied democratic spaces and concludes that Berlin’s are the best in the world.