Gonzalez.Walkability by Yee Haw

Walkability and Urban Built Environments...

andregglez — 2024-09-30 14:40:48 UTC

"Globally, physical inactivity has been accounted for the fourth leading cause of mortality…contributing to 6 percent of worldwide deaths…close to 1 million deaths in 2019 were attributable to physical inactivity,”

Urban Sprawl and Public Health

andregglez — 2024-09-30 14:43:34 UTC

"...social capital benefits health in a variety of other ways. Social capital is associated with decreased violent crime, less frequent binge drinking, lower teen birth rates, and more leisure-time physical activity."

Walkability and Urban Built Environments

andregglez — 2024-09-30 14:44:35 UTC

“Psychologist D. E. Poplin echoed at least a century of American thought when, in 1972, he lamented the loss of ‘the common bonds, which seem no longer to typify the social life of modern communities’ ”

Walkability and Its Relationships With Health...

andregglez — 2024-09-30 14:46:16 UTC

“The mortality rate for those above 65 years old who walked for 2,000 steps per day was found to be 78 per 1,000 as opposed to the mortality rate of 12 per 1,000 for those who walked 10,000 steps per day,”

The Great Places Erased by Suburbia...

andregglez — 2024-09-30 14:52:17 UTC

“According to the American Community Life Survey, 81 percent of Americans who hang out with people they recognize in a Third Place say they trust their neighbours. Only 66 percent of people with no Third Place trust theirs”

andregglez — 2024-10-02 02:41:50 UTC

A lack of trust among neighbors can be traced to urban sprawl; this lack of trust often stems from crime rates. Crime rates also rise in communities affected by urban sprawl, creating a cycle.

andregglez — 2024-10-02 02:44:54 UTC

The community effects of urban sprawl have been noticed since at least 1972, this serves as an introduction to this next point:

andregglez — 2024-10-02 02:45:53 UTC

Urban sprawl leads to a lack in physical activity. This is one of the leading causes in death.

Walkability and Urban Built Environments....

andregglez — 2024-10-02 02:59:30 UTC

"In addition, physical inactivity is considered as a major risk factor for non-communicable disease, particularly cardio-vascular diseases, diabetes mellitus type 2, and several types of cancer."

andregglez — 2024-10-02 03:00:59 UTC

This is how inactivity becomes lethal.

andregglez — 2024-10-02 03:02:09 UTC

Social capital leads to an increase in physical activity, especially through walking together. This is physical activity, and a simple increase in daily steps leads to a lower mortality rate.

andregglez — 2024-10-02 03:05:44 UTC

andregglez — 2024-10-02 03:06:42 UTC

andregglez — 2024-10-02 03:08:21 UTC