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Canada tries to connect city planning to public health

A quarter of Canadians are obese, but the answer isn't to spend more money on health care.

5 Nov 28 2011 11:20am
More neighborliness, less driving in Canadian NU

New urban developments show lower automobile use, more walking, and higher levels of social activity and community satisfaction than corresponding suburban developments

Dec 1 2009 12:00am
British study linking New Urbanism to crime falls apart

In October, Randal O’Toole, organizer of a national campaign against smart growth and New Urbanism, began circulating a study from England that claims that new urban design techniques make communities more vulnerable to crimes such as burglary and car theft. Closer inspection reveals, however, that the English study was not based on new urban communities at all. It was based on developments containing design features that new urbanists commonly reject. So the findings end up being worthless.

Dec 1 2003 12:00am