A new report, A Portrait of California, uses a modified version of the United Nations Human Development Index(HDI) to rank communities.  The HDI incorporates five indices related to life expectancy, education, and income.  The online California Planning and Development…

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     This evening I attended a public meeting for the One Bay Area sustainable communities planning process.  The meeting is one of several public input meetings being held in communities across San Francisco Bay  Area counties and cities that are members of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). 

     Public health policy advocates are not strangers to political opposition; however, the pro-freedom of choice and anti-government contingent present at the planning meeting held…

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Portions of text from Reconnecting America website



Efforts to increase density and check urban sprawl are goals of transportation reform advocates. Driving the Built Environment: Going Compact is a good primer for community heath advocates/public health practitioners to become familiar with the points of agreement & the intersection of transporation practices and community community health goals.



Increasing population and employment density in… Continue

Portions of text from Reconnecting America website



Efforts to increase density and check urban sprawl are goals of transportation reform advocates. Driving the Built Environment: Going Compact is a good primer for community heath advocates/public health practitioners to become familiar with the points of agreement & the ntersection of transporation responses and community community health goals.



Increasing population and employment density in metropolitan… Continue