The design of a community's built environment influences the physical and mental health of
its residents. Because few studies have investigated this relationship, the Centers for …

The nature and form of the urban environment is a critical determinant of the sustainability of
our society, as it is responsible directly for a large proportion of consumed energy, and …

Although many studies have explored the relationship between the built environment and
travel behavior, the literature offers limited evidence about the collective influence of built …

Using a 2017 travel survey dataset and crawled heatmaps and point-of-interests (POIs) data
in Beijing, China, this study adopts a gradient boosting decision trees (GBDT) algorithm to …

Problem: Localities and states are turning to land planning and urban design for help in
reducing automobile use and related social and environmental costs. The effects of such …

Large-scale urban sensing data such as mobile phone traces are emerging as an important
data source for urban modeling. This study represents a first step towards building a …

The literature shows single-use, low-density land development and disconnected street
networks to be positively associated with auto dependence and negatively associated with …

Urban Sprawl and Public Health - Howard Frumkin, 2002 Skip to main content Intended for
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In the book, authors Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson examine the
direct and indirect impacts of sprawl on human health and well-being, and discuss the …

Cities around the globe struggle to create better and more equitable access to important
destinations and services, all the while reducing the energy consumption and environmental …