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Improving Health through Placemaking" - Project for Public Spaces
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FYI...Apologies if you've already seen this, but just in case you haven't, here is
an exciting new Report from my colleagues at Project for Public Spaces. Please pass on to
others, as appropriate.
Chris Kochtitzky, MSP
Senior Advisor
E-mail: csk3@cdc.gov<mailto:csk3@cdc.gov>
Check out the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Walking & Walkability:
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/stepitup
http://www.pps.org/blog/pps-releases-new-report-the-case-for-healthy-places…
PPS Releases New Report, "The Case for Healthy Places: Improving Health through
Placemaking"
By Project for Public
Spaces<http://www.pps.org/blog/author/admin/> on Dec 8, 2016
A growing body of research over the last several decades has shown the connections between
"place" and health, and it is well documented that a person's zip code can
be a more reliable determinant of health
<https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/zip-code-better-predictor-of-health-than-genetic-code/>
than their genetic code.
Today, PPS is proud to release The Case for Healthy
Places<http://www.pps.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Healthy-Places-PPS.…
report of peer-reviewed research that offers evidence-based guidance, recommendations, and
numerous case studies to which health institutions, community organizations, and other
partners <http://www.pps.org/blog/diverse-funders-are-converging-on-placemaking/>
can refer in order to create and support healthy placemaking initiatives. Produced with
generous support from Kaiser
Permanente<https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/> and
Anne T. and Robert Bass, this important study focuses on five key areas: Social Support
&
Interaction<http://www.pps.org/blog/how-small-change-leads-to-big-change…s/>;
Play<http://www.pps.org/parks/> & Active Recreation; Green & Natural
Environments<http://www.pps.org/reference/placemakingpaysoff/>f/>; Healthy
Food<http://www.pps.org/reference/farmers-markets-as-a-strategy-to-impro…o-h!
ealthy-food-for-low-income-families-and-communities/>; and Walking &
Biking<http://www.bikewalk.org/>g/>. The final chapter addresses health care
institutions <http://www.pps.org/blog/urban-health-centers-tear-down-this-wall/>
specifically, detailing ways in which they can take action to become placemaking champions
in the communities they serve.
"It has been a delight to witness the decades-long contribution of Project for Public
Spaces to measurably improving the health and vitality of communities across the United
States and around the world. And it has been a distinct pleasure to work with and sponsor
the team behind this report, as they bridge a 'field of fields,' ranging from
equitable community development, to housing design and land use planning, to health and
well being." -Tyler
Norris<http://www.tylernorris.com/>m/>, Vice President,
Kaiser
Permanente<http://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/>
From obesity and chronic disease to depression, social
isolation, or increased exposure to environmental toxins and pollutants, communities
around the world face pressing health challenges that are much different than those
we've experienced in the past. "To address the real health challenges of the 21st
century," explains PPS President and Founder Fred
Kent<http://citiscope.org/story/2015/fred-kent-prophet-and-craftsman-qua…es>,
"we need innovative solutions that look not only at the physical causes and symptoms
of poor health, but also the social, economic, and environmental components of total
well-being."
Many studies have explored how differences in the design and
function of low and high-income neighborhoods contribute to health disparities. Research
shows<http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/117/2/417> that low-income
groups and racial and ethnic minorities have more limited access to well-maintained parks
or safe recreational
facilities<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18083446>46>, and
that low-income urban neighborhoods are more likely to lack features that support
walking<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622783/>3/>, such as clean and
well-maintained sidewalks, trees, and attractive scenery. These areas are also
significantly more likely to lack access to supermarkets
<http://www.pps.org/blog/a-good-move-for-flint/> and places to obtain healthy, fresh
food<http://thefoodtrust.org/uploads/media_items/access-to-healthy-food.…df>.
With these inequities in mind, this timely report shows how placemaking projects can
address all kinds of health di!
sparities, while also generating a host of other positive community outcomes such as
increased social
capital<http://www.pps.org/blog/how-small-change-leads-to-big-change-soc…s/>,
opportunities for civic
engagement<https://dusp.mit.edu/sites/dusp.mit.edu/files/attachments/pro…df>,
local economic
development<http://www.pps.org/reference/placemaking-and-place-led-devel…e/>,
and improved safety
<http://www.pps.org/reference/what-role-can-design-play-in-creating-safer-parks/>
and crime reduction.
This
report<http://www.pps.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Healthy-Places-PPS.…
uses
placemaking<http://www.pps.org/reference/what_is_placemaking/> as a holistic
framework for creating healthy communities. As both an overarching idea and a hands-on
approach for improving a neighborhood, city, or region, placemaking is a collaborative
process for reshaping the public realm-a community's
streets<http://www.pps.org/reference/streets-as-places/>s/>,
parks<http://www.pps.org/parks/> and other public spaces-in order to maximize shared
value. The exciting projects and case studies highlighted in the study run the gamut from
farmers
markets<http://www.pps.org/markets/>s/>, community
gardens<http://www.pps.org/blog/beyond-food-community-gardens-as-places-…t/>,
and public
plazas<http://www.pps.org/squares/>s/>, to efforts to make
streets<http://www.pps.org/reference/streets-as-places-how-transportatio…
more amenable to pedestrians !
and bicyclists.
As Tyler Norris explains in the document's forward, "Placemaking is one of the
most powerful things we can do to address physical and mental health as well as revitalize
democracy and add more conviviality to our lives. It supplies us with a sense of
belonging, which creates resilience and well-being, according to scientific
evidence."
The full report is available
here<http://www.pps.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Healthy-Places-PPS.pd…df>!
But this is just the beginning of the Healthy Placemaking
movement<http://www.pps.org/blog/placemaking-and-health/>h/>! Please stay tuned over
the next 12 months as PPS will continue to highlight the findings and recommendations
embedded in this extensive study through a series of topical webinars, conferences, and
strategic engagements with placemaking partners and allies.