Please write answer as you were living in Denver Colorado
before you begin crafting your discussion response for this week, be sure to read Chapter 3 in Global Public Health and watch Episode One of the Designing Healthy Communities PBS miniseries.
New Urbanism Principles describe a philosophy of community design taken from the book Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, your recommended reading for this week. The principles suggest that a community should promote walkability, the state of accommodating walking. To do that, the authors recommend the following: streets should be narrow and sidewalks wide; services should be located close to residences; garages should be in back, off of alleys; houses should be close together and close to the street; and a mixture of homes of varying sizes and costs should be spread throughout the community to promote diversity. The design of the homes themselves should encourage interaction with neighbors and a sense of place.
A full list of the principles can be found here: https://www.cnu.org/who-we-are/charter-new-urbanism
New Urbanism proposes a “smart growth” development plan of the country’s sprawling suburbs. The article Neighborhood Design and Walking Trips in Ten US Metropolitan Area discusses how neighborhood design impacts walkability in U.S. cities.
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