by Sarah Marshall Pragg | Apr 19, 2011 | News
This video provides an overview of the Designing Healthy Communities video series, featuring Dr. Richard Jackson and produced by the Media and Policy Center (MPC). The series focuses on how poor community design and sprawl has given rise to burgeoning health costs and...
by Sarah Marshall Pragg | Apr 3, 2011 | News
The National Association of Realtors 2011 Community Preference Survey explores Americans’ wants regarding neighborhood characteristics such as proximity to parks and shopping, walkability, and commuting time, and the trade-offs in home type and size that people may be...
by Sarah Marshall Pragg | May 1, 2010 | News
Big-box commercial jumble, lifeless cul-de-sac subdivisions, urban sprawl, deteriorated downtowns, and traffic jams aren’t just sickening sites, but literally may be making Americans sick. There is a growing body of evidence that suggests how places are designed and...
by Sarah Marshall Pragg | Apr 2, 2010 | News
A recent report, “Walking the Walk: How Walkability Raises Housing Values in U.S. Cities,” shows a positive correlation between walkability and housing prices in 13 of the 15 housing market studied. The study used a Walk Score measure, which reflects the convenience...
by Sarah Marshall Pragg | Jan 29, 2010 | News
This video features the Builder Concept Home 2010, a virtual home that showcases a “new home for the new economy.” The American dream of owning a McMansion is being replaced with a desire to live in a smaller, more compact home with greater energy efficiency and...
