The report provides practical solutions to help local leaders foster active living in their communities and develop healthier regions.

This proposes how to build communities that decrease the volume and speed of cars to create more residential areas.

The report advocates the importance of rethinking the link between the built environment and public health. It reviews current public health, planning, and urban design research to determine how wa ...

This report shows the importance of urban planning to encourage biking and walking.

This report outlines ways for the government to make it safer for walking by introducing well-lit sidewalks and traffic islands in residential areas.

A look at how the trend towards ""mega schools"" is a hurting opportunities for students to walk to school.

This report reviews how policymakers have an impact on neighborhood schools and community preservation. It aims to help communities preserve treasured schools while bringing them up to 21st-century ...

Designed to help create local wellness policies that meet school district goals for nutrition and physical activity, this tool allows users to build their own policy by sampling language from exist ...

This report calls for the creation of urban communities that allow access to routine physical activity for all populations.

This guide offers strategies for public officials to combat health disparities and design healthy communities that serve the whole population.