Public Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory
and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear …

The past decade has seen a surge of interest in the walkable neighborhood, motivated by
environmental, health, economic, and communitarian goals. We take stock of this literature …

This unique and insightful text offers an exploration of the origins and subsequent
development of the concept of just sustainability. Introducing Just Sustainabilities discusses …

The built environment characteristics associated with walkability range from neighborhood-
level urban form factors to street-level urban design factors. However, many existing …

While the focus of the wide-spread coronavirus is its impacts on people's lives and economic
wellbeing around the world, the pandemic substantially limits people's available options of …

Public spaces mirror the complexities of urban societies: as historic social bonds have
weakened and cities have become collections of individuals public open spaces have also …

BACKGROUND: Increasing adults' physical activity through environmental initiatives that
promote walking as a public health priority. To this end, evidence relevant to the urban …

Along with environmental pollution, urban planning has been connected to public health.
The research indicates that the quality of built environments plays an important role in …

Although many low-income urban areas are highly walkable by conventional measures
such as population density or land use mix, chronic diseases related to lack of physical …

In the context of the substantial volume of research focused in recent years on the walkability
of the built environment, this report presents some initial thoughts on what the sub-discipline …