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HKHC Annotated Resource Book for Built Environment and Physical Activity

The annotated resource guide for Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities includes a variety of resources for communities working on physical activity and the build environment. The guide is organized by different topic areas, some of which are: Youth Engagement, Safety and Crime, and Land Use and Transportation. It also includes action tools and a list of organizations working the connection between physical activity and the built environment.

Resource Type

Toolkit | Publication |

Topic

Public Health | Recreation and physical activity | Childhood obesity | Environment | Community design | Physical activity and health | Community development | Land use and zoning | Transportation | Schools | Safety |

Attribution

Published

April 9, 2009

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FOR HKHC Grantee Meeting Built Environment and Physical Activity-An Annotated Resource Book-HKHC 03.26.09_MM.pdf

An Annotated Resource Book for Healthy Eating and Community Design

This annotated resource guide provides a listing of
relevant programs, organizations, tools and presentations intended to support
healthy eating via community design. The guide is organized by different topic areas, some of which include:
Youth Engagement, Federal Food Programs, Food Security/Food Deserts, Health Disparities, Food Retail, Land Use/Planning, Food and Nutrition Policy, Gardens, Farm‐to‐School among others.
It also includes action tools and a list of organizations working the
connection between healthy eating and community design.

Resource Type

Toolkit | Publication |

Topic

Public Health | Childhood obesity | Nutrition and health | Food access | Food policy | Community design | Community development | Land use and zoning | Schools |

Attribution

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HE_Resource_Guide_v1.pdf

The Effect of Community Gardens on Neighboring Property Values

 

Researchers found that the opening of a community garden had a statistically significant positive impact on residential properties within 1000 feet of the garden, and tht the impact increased over time. Gardens had the greatest impact in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Higher quality gardens had the greatest positive impact. Finally, researchers found that the opening of a garden was associated with other changes in the neighborhood, such as increasing rates of homeownership, and thus may be serving as catalysts for economic redevelopment of the community.

Resource Type

Publication | Website |

Topic

Environment | Food access | Food policy | Community design | Community development | Land use and zoning |

Attribution

Vicki Been and Ioan Voicu

Published

6/11/09

Website

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=889113

The Praxis Project

The Praxis Project is a national, nonprofit organization that builds partnerships with local groups to influence policymaking to address the underlying, systemic causes of community problems.

Resource Type

Organization |

Topic

Community development |

Attribution

The Praxis Project

Website

http://www.thepraxisproject.org
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