Design for Health Information Sheets link the research summarized in the Key Questions series to strategies for incorporating health into comprehensive plans and ordinances. They provide examples of policy, plan, and ordinance language as well as planning methods related to health.
- Integrating Health into Comprehensive Planning
- Accessibility
- Air Quality
- Climate change
- Environment and Housing Quality
- Food
- Healthcare Access
- Mental Health
- Noise
- Physical Activity
- Safety
- Social Capital
- Water Quality
Many planning concepts and tools can be used to incorporate a variety of health topics into the plan process. The list below shows which commonly used planning strategies and topics are found in each information sheet. This is not an exhaustive list and the Planning Information Sheet series covers many more topics.
- Bicycle Plans, see Physical Activity
- Brownfields, see Environment and Housing Quality
- Buffers, see Air Quality and Mental Health
- Community Gardens, see Food
- Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) and Safety Audits, seeSafety
- Environmental Justice, see Air Quality
- Farmers’ Markets, see Food
- Home Ownership and Housing Choices, see Social Capital
- Landscaping, see Air Quality and Mental Health
- Land Use, see Accessibility, Air Quality, Environment and
Housing Quality, Food, Physical Activity, Social Capital, and Water Quality - Mixed-use Developments, see Social Capital
- Parks, see Accessibility, Air Quality, Physical Activity, and Water Quality
- Pedestrian Plans and Environments, see Social Capital and Physical Activity
- Polluted Run-off, Decentralized Wastewater Systems, and Toxic Wastes, see Water Quality
- Sidewalks, see Mental Health, Physical Activity, and Safety
- Toxic Wastes, see Water Quality
- Traffic-Calming Strategies, see Safety
- Transit-oriented Environments, see Social Capital