A National Plan for Physical Activity: The Enabling Role of the Built Environment

This article explores the relationship between aspects of the built environment and physical activity. The authors emphasize that both land use and transportation investments are needed to create environments that support and promote physical activity. They discuss the policy relevance of recent evidence on the built environment and physical activity; the impact of pricing and regulatory actions on physical activity; the presently-unmet demand for activity-friendly, walkable environments; the role of walking, biking, and transit facilities; and how the concentration of development within existing urban areas supported by transit and implementing pricing strategies can support physical activity. They conclude that the built environment can be either supportive or discouraging of physical activity. The requisite shifts in funding priorities and regulatory processes within the transportation and land development industries required to create a healthier future for Americans can be expressed in the need to match the supply with the demand.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20120128
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• Authors:
  • Frank, Lawrence
  • Kavage, Sarah
• Publication Date: 2009-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 12p
• Serial:
  • Journal of Physical Activity and Health
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: Suppl. 2
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1543-3080
  • EISSN: 1543-5476
  • Serial URL: http://journals.humankinetics.com/jpah

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycling; Built environment; Business districts; Demand; Land use; Physical fitness; Policy making; Pricing; Residential areas; Supply; Transportation policy; Urban areas; Urban transit; Walkability; Walking; Walkways
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01162839
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 16 2010 11:37AM