Healthy Communities Resources & Publications

 

Factsheets, Guidebooks, and Other Resources

Smart Growth and Health

• Smart Growth and Health (PowerPoint^TM , 128 MB)
• Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: School and Local Government Collaborations (Factsheet)

Planning for Smart Growth Development

• Neighborhood-Scale Planning Tools to Create Active, Livable Communities (Factsheet)
• Smart Growth Zoning Codes: A Resource Guide (Guidebook)
• Real Towns: Making Your Neighborhood Work (Guidebook)
• Healthy Communities in California's San Joaquin Valley: Community Design Toolkit
  This report provides a series of community design best practices, recommendations and policies that can contribute to a healthy lifestyle for San Joaquin Valley residents. The document acknowledges the aspects of the San Joaquin Valley that make it a unique and special region. Download toolkit. (PDF; 41.2 MB)

Street Design and Walkability

• Street Design Guidelines for Healthy Neighborhoods (Guidebook)
• Streets and Sidewalks, People and Cars: The Citizen's Guide to Traffic Calming (Guidebook)
• Community Design Factsheets for Safe Streets and Healthy Communities (Fact Sheet)

Overcoming Barriers to Walkable Communities

• Emergency Response, Traffic Calming and Traditional Neighborhood Response (Guidebook)
• Compact Development CD (CD2) Toolkit (Compact Disc)
• Why People Don't Walk and What City Planners Can Do About It (Fact Sheets)

Web Links

• Increasing Active Living: A Guide for Policy-Makers (www.leadershipforhealthycommunities.org)
• Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit (www.leadershipforhealthycommunities.org)
• Active Living By Design (www.activelivingbydesign.org)
• Active Living Research (activelivingresearch.org)
• America WALKs (www.americawalks.org)
• Center for Cities & Schools, UC Berkeley (citiesandschools.berkeley.edu)
• Centers for Disease Control: Designing & Building Healthy Places (www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/default.htm)
• Cities, Counties and Schools Partnership (www.ccspartnership.org)
• Healthy Places Coalition (www.preventioninstitute.org/initiatives/healthy-places-coalition.html)
• Institute for Local Government (www.ca-ilg.org/healthycommunities)
• National Center for Bicycling and Walking (www.bikewalk.org)
• Partnership for the Public Health (www.partnershipph.org)
• PolicyLink Center for Place and Health (www.policylink.org)
• Prevention Institute (www.preventioninstitute.org)
• Public Health Law & Policy (www.phlpnet.org)
• Walkable and Livable Communities Institute Inc. (www.walklive.org)