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1
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urban design

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physical appearance and function of a city including public spaces

2
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land use

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distribution of activities across space

3
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transportation system

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physical infrastructure for cars, pedestrians, cyclists, etc including the level of service provided

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built environment

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comprised of urban design, land use, and transportation system, encompasses patterns of human activity within the physical environment

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density and intensity

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amount of activity in a given area

6
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street scale

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three dimensional space along a street as bound by buildings

7
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aesthetic qualities

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attractiveness and appeal of a place

8
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new urbanism

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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

9
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street connectivity

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directness and availability of alternative routes through the network

10
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what is the easiest characteristic to measure? (because you can use numbers to count)

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density and intensity

11
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sources of built environment data

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property tax records
building permit records
aerial photos
street and sidewalk inventories
GIS layer
google maps
12
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intensity

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of instances of each land use within the 1/2 and 1/4 mile street distance of each persons home

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diversity

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of different types of each land use within that same distance

14
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common areas for public health and planning

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  • motor vehicle and pedestrian crashes
  • air pollution
  • water quality and quantitiy
  • urban temperature
  • social capital
  • mental health
  • physical activity and inactvity
15
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any bodily movement produced by the contraction of skeletal muscle that increases energy expenditure above the basal level

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physical activity definition

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categories of physical activity

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occupational
household
leisure time
transportation/utilitarian