Urban Design 4 Health

We at UD4H are pleased to share that we will be presenting on three session topics exploring health, transportation, built environment and COVID-19 interventions at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in Washington, D.C this week.

Learn more about how UD4H is advancing health-related transportation research. To read more about our selected session topics and view the schedule of the presentations please visit:
http://urbandesign4health.com/2022-trb-presentation

UD4H Publishes on Chronic & Infectious Disease & COVID-19 Mortality Impacts of the Built & Natural Environment

Drs. Lawrence Frank and Behram Wali at UD4H co-first authored a new study on the chronic and infectious disease impacts of the built and natural environment. The article titled “Treating two pandemics for the price of one: Chronic and infectious disease impacts of the built and natural environment” appears in Sustainable Cities and Society.

The study focuses on modeling the complete pathway between built/natural environment, chronic disease, & COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) mortality and emphasizes the mediating role of chronic diseases in the links between upstream environmental factors and downstream COVID-19 mortality.

The findings suggest that healthier (active) and greener transportation infrastructure (e.g., increased tree canopy coverage) is a treatment for two pandemics – related chronic diseases, including diabetes and heart disease, and reducing the mortality risk of highly contagious infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

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Urban Design 4 Health, Inc. | UD4H Publishes on Chronic & Infectious Disease & COVID-19 Mortality Impacts of the Built & Natural Environment In June 2021, Drs. Lawrence Frank and Behram Wali at UD4H co-first authored a new study on the chronic and infectious disease impacts of the built and natural environment. The article titled “Treating two pandemics for the price of one: Chronic and infectious disease impacts of the built and natur...

Join Eric Fox, Senior Planner Urban Design 4 Health and Kim Voros, Planning Associate at Alta as they present on June 9, 2021 at 3:50PM EST on worked developed for the WSDOT Active Transportation Plan for the 2021 Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) Annual Conference. Learn more:

Urban Design 4 Health, Inc. | UD4H Presents on the Washington State Active Transportation Plan at 2021 CITE Annual Conference On June 9, 2021, at 3:50PM EST/12:50PM PST, join Eric Fox, Senior Planner from Urban Design 4 Health, and Kim Voros, Planning Associate from Alta, as they present on the Washington State Active Transportation Plan (ATP) for the 2021 Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) Annual Confer...