New Podcasts! Rebuilding Healthier Neighborhoods

Jan 21, 2010

Public Health Law & Policy is excited to unveil the first of four podcast stories that show how redevelopment can help make communities healthier. This series, available through HealthyPlanning.org or iTunes, brings to life how the redevelopment process helped advance public health, improving local air quality and making parks and healthy food more accessible.

We invite you to subscribe to the podcast, or visit our website to follow along weekly. The release schedule is as follows:

January 19: Oakland: A Struggle to Be Heard
January 26: San Jose: A Voice in the Process
February 2: Richmond: A Change in the Air
February 9: San Francisco: A Fresh Approach

New Toolkit: Increasing Physical Activity Through Joint Use Agreements

PHLP’s joint use toolkit helps communities and school districts work together to develop joint use agreements increasing access to recreational facilities on school grounds.

Podcasts: Rebuilding Healthier Neighborhoods

Watch our series of four podcast stories that show how redevelopment can help make communities healthier. This series, available through HealthyPlanning.org or iTunes, brings to life how the redevelopment process helped advance public health, improving local air quality and making parks and healthy food more accessible.

Healthy Planning Policies: A Compendium from California General Plans

In the last few years, a new understanding of the built environment’s impact on health has brought the public health community and planners together to develop a variety of innovative land use policies that promote health.