Title & Author:

Active design guidelines : promoting physical activity and health in design / [NYC, Active design guidelines team, Department of Design and Construction, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of Transportation, Department of City Planning, Mayor's Office of Management and Budget, academic partners].

Publication:

New York : City of New York, ©2010.

Description:

135 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

Notes:
"NYC, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Department of Design and Construction, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of Transportation, Department of City Planning, Office of Management and Budget. The Active Design Guidelines resulted from a collaborative, multidisciplinary effort among city agencies; ..."--Page 134.
Includes bibliographical references.
Environmental design and health: past and present -- Urban design: creating an active city -- Building design: creating opportunities for daily physical activity -- Synergies with sustainable and universal design.

Summary:

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, architects and urban reformers helped to defeat infectious diseases like cholera and tuberculosis by designing better buildings, streets, neighborhoods, clean water systems, and parks. In the 21st century, designers can again play a crucial role in combating the most rapidly growing public health epidemics of our time: obesity and its impact on related chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers. Today, physical inactivity and unhealthy diet are second only to tobacco as the main causes of premature death in the United States. A growing body of research suggests that evidence-based architectural and urban design strategies can increase regular physical activity and healthy eating. The Active Design Guidelines provides architects and urban designers with a manual of strategies for creating healthier buildings, streets, and urban spaces, based on the latest academic research and best practices in the field including urban design strategies for creating neighborhoods, streets, and outdoor spaces that encourage walking, bicycling, and active transportation and recreation, and building design strategies for promoting active living where we work and live and play--for example, through the placement and design of stairs, elevators, and indoor and outdoor spaces.

Subject:

City planning Health aspects New York (State) New York.
City planning Environmental aspects New York (State) New York.
Streetscapes (Urban design) New York (State) New York.
Sustainable architecture New York (State) New York.
Paysages de rue (Urbanisme) New York (État) New York.
Architecture durable New York (État) New York.
City planning Environmental aspects.
City planning Health aspects.
Streetscapes (Urban design)
Sustainable architecture.
environmental design.
urban design.
public health.
New York (State) New York.

Form/genre:

Spiral bindings.

Added entries:

New York (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.). Department of Design and Construction.
New York (N.Y.). Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
New York (N.Y.). Department of Transportation.
New York (N.Y.). Department of City Planning.
New York (N.Y.). Office of the Mayor.

Promoting physical activity and health in design

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280211
Call No.: BIB 216729
Status: Available