For the first time in history more than half the world’s population is living in towns and cities. As more people move into urban areas,
Health Benefits of Green Space
Many of us know intuitively that green space matters. Real estate agents tell us that houses backing on to green space can cost $10,000 more
Incubating Inter-sectoral Collaboration on Active Transportation
In early March, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) and the Urban Public Health Network (UPHN) co-hosted a workshop, “Building the Case for Active Transportation
Reversing the Trend Towards Urban Sprawl
Sustainable Prosperity, a national research and policy network based at the University of Ottawa, has released a report, Suburban Sprawl: Exposing Hidden Costs, Identifying Innovations.
Marrying Healthy Community & Sustainability Objectives!
As someone who has worked with the public health sector in Ontario for many years, I know that public health has been one of the
Moving to a Multi-Modal Transportation Evaluation System
In March 2013, the Victoria Transport Policy Institute released a new report, “Toward More Comprehensive and Multi-Modal Transportation Evaluation”, which critically evaluates the conventional transportation
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