Can New Urbanism Encourage Physical Activity?: Comparing a New Urbanist Neighborhood With Conventional Suburbs

Journal of the American Planning Association, 72(1): 43-54, 2006

By: American Planning Association National, Asad Khattak, Daniel Rodriguez

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01944360608976723
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Built Environment and Health

This article compares the physical activity of residents in new urbanist neighborhoods with conventional suburban neighborhoods, questioning new urbanism’s claim to improve health. It does, however, track a difference in where residents of new urbanist versus conventional neighborhoods are physically active.