HUD.GOV
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Shaun Donovan
Healthy Communities
Community and public health goals can be supported through strategies that further sustainability. Research has shown that community design can have an important impact on a variety of health factors including obesity rates, respiratory and cardio-vascular health.
- Understanding the Relationship Between Public Health and the Built Environment
- Environment and Development Myth and Fact
- The Hidden Health Costs of Transportation
- Comprehensive Planning for Public Health
- Community Design and Policies for Free-Range Children: Creating Environments That Support Routine Physical Activity
- Report to the U.S. Congress on the Outcomes of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program
- 2012 U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
- National Complete Streets Coalition 2011 Annual Report
- Safe Routes to School: Handbook of Local Policy Best Practices for Idaho
- From Vacancy to Vibrancy
- More...
- CDC Recommendations for Improving Health through Transportation Policy
- Food Environment Atlas
- Parks, People, and Places: Making Parks Accessible to the Community
- Pedestrian and Transit Friendly Design: A Primer for Smart Growth
- A Citizen's Guide to LEED for Neighborhood Development: How to Tell if Development is Smart and Green
- Parkscore
- NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide
- EPA's NEPAssist Tool
- County Health Rankings
- Brownfields Roadmap (5th edition)
- More...
Programs, Initiatives
and Additional Resources
- Sustainable Communities "Creating Healthy Communities"
- Most Bikeable Cities
- California Environmental Justice Alliance's Green Zones Initiative
- Spotlight on Sustainability: Denver, CO
- Turning abandoned and obsolete properties into "park-oriented development"
- Environmental Justice in Action Blog
- San Francisco: Reclaiming Streets With Innovative Solutions
- AARP's Network of Age-Friendly Communities
- Red Fields to Green Fields
- Communities Learn the Good Life Can Be a Killer
- More...
