There are many intersections between health and place. The following represent key topics of interest to urban planners.
- Accessibility to services and opportunities, related to transportation options and distances to destinations
- Air quality
- Disasters including climate change
- Environment and housing quality including various pollutants
- Food access
- Healthcare access, particularly physical access problems in rural areas
- Mental health, often to do with stress
- Noise
- Physical activity, focused on providing options
- Safety, from crime and from traffic, perceived and measured
- Social capital and social support
- Water quality