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Designing for Affordable and Active Housing
April 2013by: Karen Lee, Gayle Nicoll, Brian PraterThis audio recording shares how affordable housing funders and developers can use New York City’s Active Design Guidelines (ADG) to improve health. -
500 Cities Project
Updated November 2017This interactive map displays data at the city and census tract level for several measures categorized as health outcomes, prevention, or unhealthy behaviors. -
Mapping America
2019by: Measure of AmericaThis interactive map allows users to see well-being indicators at the state, metro area, county, or congressional district level. -
The Built Environment: Health Policy in Concrete
November 2011by: Richard Jackson, Rajiv Bhatia, Vanitha VenugopalThis audio recording outlines how housing and transportation policies influence community health in the way they shape the built environment. -
City Health Dashboard
2019by: Marc Gourevitch, Lorna Thorpe, Neil KleimanThis interactive map allows users to see 37 public health measures, categorized under health outcomes, social and economic factors, health behavior, physical environment, and clinical care, for the 500 largest U.S. cities. -
AtlasPlus
Updated July 2019This interactive map can display data on HIV, viral hepatitis, STD, TB, and social determinants of health as charts, maps, or tables. -
Wisconsin Active Community Environments (ACEs) Resource Kit to Prevent Obesity
January 2009by: Mary Pesik, Amy Meinen, Jon MorganThis guide introduces Wisconsin’s Active Community Environments (ACEs) initiative and shares how communities can help implement it. -
Active Neighborhood Checklist Version 2.0
February 2011by: Christine Hoehner, Ross BrownsonThis guide is an easy-to-use assessment tool of street-level features that affect physical activity. -
Building Healthy Places Toolkit
2015by: Rachel MacCleery, Sara Hammerschmidt, James MulliganThis guide includes 21 recommendations for building healthy places related to physical activity, healthy food and drinking water, and healthy environment and social well-being. -
Local Plan Implementation Toolkit
2019by: Minnesota Department of HealthThis toolkit shares how to implement local plans that support community health. -
Health in All Policies: A Guide for State and Local Governments
2013by: Linda Rudolph, Julia Caplan, Karen Ben-MosheThis guide defines the Health in All Policies approach, describes how to apply it in a local context, and highlights the efforts of the California Health in All Policies Task Force. -
Creating a Regulatory Blueprint for Healthy Community Design: A Local Government Guide to Reforming Zoning and Land Development Codes
August 2005by: Joseph Schilling, Nadejda MishkovskyThis guide discusses how to reform zoning and development codes to encourage design that promotes community health. -
Drafting Effective Policies
September 2014by: Natasha Frost, Mary Marrow, Julie Ralston AokiThis guide describes how to develop well-written policies that achieve public health goals. -
Design for Health Comprehensive Plan Review Checklists
September 2007This guide is a series of checklists that can help planners incorporate health into comprehensive plans. -
Healthy, Active & Vibrant Community
2009by: Phil Valko, Jennifer AllenThis guide shares policy ideas and resources that can be used to improve community health outcomes. -
British Columbia Healthy Built Environment Linkages Toolkit: Making the Links Between Design, Planning & Health
May 2018This guide lays out a framework for a healthy built environment that includes neighborhood design, transportation networks, natural environments, food systems, and housing. -
Increasing Access to Healthy Food: Policy Options for Local Governments in Kansas
January 2015This guide defines the role local governments have in increasing healthy food access in Kansas and identifies several policy strategies. -
Health in Transportation Corridor Planning Framework
2016This guide lays out a six-step process for incorporating health into a transportation corridor plan. -
Minnesota Hunger Relief in Local Planning: Goals and Actions
2018by: Claire Freesmeier, Mary Marrow, Nadja BernecheThis guide describes how to incorporate food access and hunger relief goals into a local comprehensive plan. -
How to Create and Implement Healthy General Plans
2012by: Peter Stair, Heather Wooten, Matthew Raimi, AICPThis guide explains how to incorporate health into a comprehensive planning process. -
Kansas Planning Guide: Incorporating Health Into Local Community Planning
June 2017This guide identifies ways that local community health advocates and planners can incorporate public health goals into traditional planning processes in Kansas. -
Measuring What We Value: Policies to Prioritize Public Health and Build Prosperous Regions
February 2017by: Rochelle Carpenter, Erin Evenhouse, Christiaan MaderThis guide reviews four policy levers that metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) can use to encourage active transportation and improve health outcomes. -
PVPC, MA, Healthy Community Design Toolkit - Leveraging Positive Change
2014by: Catherine Ratte`, Danielle McKahn, Larry SmithThis guide lays out planning and design tools, or leverage points, that advocates can use to improve community health in Massachusetts. -
Parks, Trails, and Health Workbook: A Tool for Planners, Parks & Recreation Professionals, and Health Practitioners
2015This guide highlights the public health benefits of parks and trails development. -
Land Use Planning for Public Health: The Role of Local Boards of Health in Community Design and Development
2006by: Atlanta Regional Health Forum, Atlanta Regional CommissionThis guide outlines the role of local boards of health in the land use planning process. -
Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit
2009This guide identifies the policy-makers role in designing healthy communities and identifies active living and healthy eating strategies for improving health outcomes. -
Ten Principles for Building Healthy Places
2013by: Thomas Eitler, Edward McMahon, Theodore ThoerigThis guide lists ten principles for building healthy places. -
South Carolina Health + Planning Toolkit
January 2015by: Lori Phillips, Teresa Hill, Lauren NeelyThis guide describes how to incorporate health into comprehensive plans in South Carolina. -
A Model Ordinance for a Traditional Neighborhood Development
April 2001by: Brian Ohm, James LaGro, Chuck StrawserThis model ordinance provides a template to help Wisconsin cities draft a traditional neighborhood development ordinance, as required by the state’s smart growth law. -
The Traditional Neighborhood Development Ordinance Handbook
August 2008This guide outlines the process of adopting a traditional neighborhood development (TND) ordinance in Pennsylvania, including the benefits, types, and examples. -
The Built Environment: An Assessment Tool and Manual
July 2015This guide introduces the Built Environment Assessment Tool (BE Tool) and explains how to use it as a starting point for health planning. -
Region of Peel, ON, Affordable Housing Active Design: Guidelines and Standards
2014This guide outlines how to incorporate active design when constructing new or retrofitting existing affordable housing in the Region of Peel. -
Toronto, ON, Active City: Designing for Health
May 2014This guide explores changes to the built environment that could encourage physical activity as a regular part of daily life in Toronto. -
Massachusetts Model Traditional Neighborhood Development Bylaw
2007This model bylaw provides a template to help cities adopt standards and procedures supportive of traditional neighborhood development (TND). -
Model Health in All Policies Ordinance
2015This model ordinance provides a template to help cities and counties adopt a Health in All Policies approach to improve community health. -
Model Healthy Food Zone Ordinance
August 2013This model ordinance provides a template to help cities regulate the location of fast food restaurants near schools. -
Model Produce Cart Ordinance
2013This model ordinance provides a template to help cities increase access to fresh produce. -
Beaverton, OR, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted 2014This comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health and Solar Energy collections. -
National Healthy Housing Standard
May 2014by: Jill Breysse, Dave Jacobs, Jane MaloneThese model policy statements provide a template to help cities, counties, and states maintain a healthy housing stock. -
Montgomery County, PA, Village Residential District
August 2011This model ordinance provides a template to help cities develop residential districts with a sense of community. -
Montgomery County, PA, Village Mixed Use District
2010This model ordinance provides a template to help cities develop mixed-use communities with a small-town character. -
Dubuque, IA, Imagine Dubuque 2037
Adopted September 2017This comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health and Solar Energy collections. -
Doña Ana County, NM, Plan 2040
Adopted August 2015The county’s comprehensive plan lists Enhance Public Services as is fourth strategy, which includes a Health component. -
Chino, CA, General Plan
Adopted July 2010The city’s comprehensive plan features a chapter called A Healthy City that explains how public health is integrated into every plan element. -
Fort Worth, TX, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted March 2019The city’s comprehensive plan contains health goals in its Environmental Quality and Public Health chapters. -
Claremont, NH, Master Plan
Adopted January 2018The city’s comprehensive plan includes a chapter called Public Health. -
Niagara County, NY, Comprehensive Plan 2030
Adopted July 2009The county’s comprehensive plan features a Public Health & Safety chapter. -
Menomonee Falls, WI, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted March 2016The village’s comprehensive plan includes a section called Health & Public Safety that discusses the impact of the built and natural environment on community health. -
Monmouth County, NJ, Master Plan
Adopted October 2016The county’s comprehensive plan features a Healthy Communities chapter. -
Sacramento, CA, General Plan
Adopted March 2015The city’s comprehensive plan outlines a strategy to support the health of all residents in its Public Health and Safety chapter.