Active Community Environments and Health: The Relationship of Walkable and Safe Communities to Individual Health
Journal of the American Planning Association, 72(1): 19-31, 2006
By: Alexia Kelly-Schwartz, American Planning Association National, Marc Schlossberg, Scott Doyle
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01944360608976721
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This article concludes that walkability is influenced not only by the built environment, but also by crime prevention and safety. It shows that residents of counties that are more walkable and have lower crime rates have a lower body mass index and less chance of chronic illness than residents of counties that are not walkable with high crime rates.