"Public health was an early impetus for better urban planning. But over the years, it has faded into the background. This piece from Miler-McCune looks at how health concerns are moving their way back into mainstream planning."

Research has linked a lack of green space to clinical depression, surbia to the sedentary behavior that contributes to obesity and diabetes and local food resources to malnurtion.

Full Story Here via Planetizen

Also See:

• CDC's Healthy Community Design
• New Urbanism's RX for Healthy Design
• Dr. Howard Frumkin's Urban Spawl and Public Health
• Jason Corburn's Toward a Healthy City