Creating a Walkable Community: Resources
Resources
Bray R, Vakil C, Elliott D. Report on Public Health and
Urban Sprawl in Ontario: A Review of the Pertinent Literature.
Environmental Health Committee, Ontario College of Family Physicians,
January 2005.
www.ocfp.on.ca/local/files/Communications/Current%20Issues/Urban%20Sprawl-Jan-05.pdf
Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey. US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research and Technical Support Center. 1997.
National Household Travel Survey.
US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
http://nhts.ornl.gov/
Frumkin H, Frank L, and Jackson R. Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities. Washington, DC. Island Press, 2004.
CDC, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000.
www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm
F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America. Trust for America's Health, http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity/
Frank LD and Engelke P. How Land Use and Transportation Systems Impact Public Health. CDC. This paper is a synthesis of the literature on the relationship between physical activity and community design. Updated 12/26/2000.
Frumkin H. Urban sprawl and public health. Public Health Reports. May-June 2002.