For Planners and Public Health Practitioners: Research on Land Use and Health from Two Different Perspectives
These fact sheets summarize research linking health outcomes to the built environment: one for health practitioners and advocates, in which the research is categorized according to public health issue (e.g., injury prevention, access to healthy food); and one for planners, in which the research is categorized by land use issue (e.g., density, street connectivity). The information is meant to provide rationale to support built environment policy change and to serve as a discussion tool when developing connections between public health practitioners and planners, not as a comprehensive summary of the literature to date. For more information, see Planning for Healthy Places' toolkit on creating and implementing healthy general plans.
| Downloads | Size |
|---|---|
| The Health Perspective on Planning: Built Environments as Determinants of Health (PDF) | 4 MB |
| The Planning Perspective on Health: Community Health as a Goal of Good Design (PDF) | 4.95 MB |
- Policy Area:
- Built Environment
- Harm Reduction :
- Health-related
- Land Use
- Tobacco Laws Affecting California
- Involving Public Health in Climate Change Policy
- How Landlords Can Prohibit Smoking in Rental Housing
- Model California Joint Use Agreements
- Zoning Talking Points
- New Resources on Safe Routes to School Programs
- Safe Routes to Schools Talking Points
- Economic Development and Redevelopment: A Toolkit on Land Use and Health
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.