Understanding the Relationship Between Public Health and the Built Environment: A Report Prepared for the LEED-ND Core Committee

This report presents an appraisal of the current state of the research regarding the links between public health and neighborhood design and provides recommendations about how this knowledge can be integrated into the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) rating system to improve public health. The report was prepared for the US Green Building Council (USGBC), Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the participants in the LEED-ND Core Committee. LEED-ND is a rating system for neighborhood location and design based on the combined principles of smart growth, urbanism, and green building. The purpose of this report is to better understand the specific development patterns and changes to the built environment will have a significant impact on public health. Chapters include: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Health, Fatal and Non-fatal Injuries, Physical Fitness, Social Capital, Mental Health, and Special Populations.

• Record URL:
  http://www.usgbc.org/Docs/Archive/General/Docs3901.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  National Center for Smart Growth

  University of Maryland, College Park
  College Park, MD  United States  20742

  Lawrence Frank and Company, Incorporated

  ,    

  California Department of Health Services

  2151 Berkeley Way
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94704

  U.S. Green Building Council

  Washington, DC  United States 

  Natural Resources Defense Council

  40 West 20th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10011

  Congress for the New Urbanism

  Washington, DC  United States 

  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W
  Washington, DC  United States  20460

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  National Center for Environmental Health
  Chemical Weapons Elimination
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• Authors:
  • Ewing, Reid
  • 0000-0002-4117-3456
  • Frank, Lawrence D
  • Chapman, Jim
  • Kreutzer, Richard
• Publication Date: 2006-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 137p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Built environment; Design; Health; Land use; Neighborhoods; Public health; Ratings; Recommendations; Smart growth; Sustainable development
• Identifier Terms: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Neighborhood Development
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01640782
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 7 2017 4:45PM