Reinventing Healthy Communities: Implications for Individual and Societal Well-Being

• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2016
• Subjects: poverty prevention; nongovernmental organizations; nonprofit organizations; food security; child development; affordable housing; sustainable community development; health care access
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Contemporary views of "livable communities" maintain that density and diversity are good for cities. Healthy communities are more pedestrian-friendly and less automobile-centric. Mixed use zoning keeps a flow of people through parks, streets, neighborhoods, and districts, which is good for...