Green Space and Healthcare Costs (03-29-22)
Work by a research team lead by Van Den Eeden provides additional evidence that living near green spaces is good for our health.
Work by a research team lead by Van Den Eeden provides additional evidence that living near green spaces is good for our health.
Research indicates that urban design is affecting neighborhood temperatures.
Living near a green area has been linked to less likelihood of having a stroke.
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.