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Restoring the Relationship Between Health and Cities
Submitted by Erika Strauss on Tue, 07/23/2013 - 2:37pmThe built environment has a unique and distinct impact on the health of its inhabitants. Former CNU plenary speaker, Dr. Richard Jackson, recently published an article in the Journal of Public Health where he reviews the rocky history between the two.
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Health Impact Assessment: A Central Tool for Building Healthy Communities
Submitted by davisbe150 on Sun, 09/09/2012 - 8:58pmThis post was originally posted to the CNU Atlanta website as part two of a three part series leading up the the Healthy Communities Summit, which will be held September 20-21 in Atlanta, GA.
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Taking on code reform to improve public health in Atlanta
Submitted by davisbe150 on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 9:07pmThis post originally appeared on the CNU Atlanta website as part one of a three part series leading up the the Healthy Communities Summit, which will be held September 20-21 in Atlanta, GA.
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National Stakeholder Call on Nation Prevention Council Action Plan
Submitted by kapoppel on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 1:32pmJoin interested citizens across the nation on Wednesday, June 13th to learn more about The National Prevention Council Action Plan. The plan, compiled by the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council, aims to shift the national focus to prevention and wellness via pulic, priva... read more »
#CNU18: Some hot stats on health and the built environment
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 10:24amA cyclist can travel 3.5 miles on the energy of a 350-calorie slice of pizza. A car can go 100 feet.
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Sprawling on Fumes: Book by Forbes writer explores life at $20 per gallon — and sees upside to end of cheap motoring
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 12:55pmKai Ryssdal had an ear-opening interview on public radio's Marketplace this week with Chris Steiner, Forbes w
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Call for Submissions: Connecting Active Living Research to Policy Solutions
Submitted by crandell on Tue, 09/18/2007 - 2:51pmActive Living Research forwarded CNU the following announcement. New Urbanism has a lot to contribute to the public health discussion, so if you're doing relevant research, please consider sharing it with ALR.
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Prince of Wales puts royal spotlight on location efficiency of "new urbanism" as climate change, public health response
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Sun, 06/24/2007 - 6:47pmAlready one of the world's most thoughtful and high-visibility advocates for better community planning, HRH the Prince of Wales (better known as Prince Charles here in the states) is emerging as one of the most thoughtful and high-visibility world figures drawing attention to the role of sprawl in c... read more »