urban design
physical appearance and function of a city including public spaces
land use
distribution of activities across space
transportation system
physical infrastructure for cars, pedestrians, cyclists, etc including the level of service provided
built environment
comprised of urban design, land use, and transportation system, encompasses patterns of human activity within the physical environment
density and intensity
amount of activity in a given area
street scale
three dimensional space along a street as bound by buildings
aesthetic qualities
attractiveness and appeal of a place
new urbanism
late 1980’s
focus to create public spaces and reduce auto use
-communities should be designed for the pedestrian and transit as well as the car
street connectivity
directness and availability of alternative routes through the network
what is the easiest characteristic to measure? (because you can use numbers to count)
density and intensity
sources of built environment data
property tax records building permit records aerial photos street and sidewalk inventories GIS layer google maps
intensity
of instances of each land use within the 1/2 and 1/4 mile street distance of each persons home
diversity
of different types of each land use within that same distance
common areas for public health and planning
- motor vehicle and pedestrian crashes
- air pollution
- water quality and quantitiy
- urban temperature
- social capital
- mental health
- physical activity and inactvity
any bodily movement produced by the contraction of skeletal muscle that increases energy expenditure above the basal level
physical activity definition
categories of physical activity
occupational
household
leisure time
transportation/utilitarian
