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Form And Meaning In The Earliest Cities: A New Approach To Ancient Urban Planning, Michael E. Smith
Form And Meaning In The Earliest Cities: A New Approach To Ancient Urban Planning, Michael E. Smith
Michael E Smith
This paper won the Catherine Bauer Wurster Prize for the “Best Scholarly Article on American Planning History” for 2007 by the Society for American City and Regional Planning History.
Evaluating If The Built Environment Has A Substantial Effect On Obesity In Fayette County, Kentucky, Will Warren
Evaluating If The Built Environment Has A Substantial Effect On Obesity In Fayette County, Kentucky, Will Warren
MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects
Background:
Obesity is a major health issue in the United States and Fayette County. As Fayette County has become increasingly obese, it too has had an issue of sprawl within its urban service area and beyond. Relationships between obesity and aspects of the built environment are continuing to be studied.
Objective:
To evaluate the impact certain factors may have on the body mass index of Fayette County residents, in particular whether urban sprawl has an overriding impact on the weight of residents.
Methods:
The study area used was Fayette County, which was broken down into its fourteen zip code areas …