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Peter Engelke

Peter Engelke is Research Associate in the City Planning Program, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Health and Community Design

The Impact Of The Built Environment On Physical Activity

Health and Community Design is a comprehensive examination of how the built environment encourages or discourages physical activity, drawing together insights from a range of research on the relationships between urban form and public health. It provides important information about the factors that influence decisions about physical activity and modes of travel, and about how land use patterns can be changed to help overcome barriers to physical activity.