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Checklist of Essential Features of Age-Friendly Cities

Result of World Health Organization’s Global Age-Friendly Cities Project in 33 cities in 22 countries. Checklist includes outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, respect and social inclusion, civic participation, community and health services.

http://www.who.int/ageing/publications/Age_friendly_cities_checklist.pdf
Background | Tools | Built Environment
Citation: World Health Organization. Checklist of Essential Features of Age-Friendly Cities. Geneva, Switzerland. 2007.
Creating a Healthy Environment: The Impact of the Built Environment on Public Health

Focuses on the effect of land-use decisions and urban sprawl on air quality and respiratory health and urban design’s effect on pedestrian injuries and deaths. Highlights some of the environmental barriers that face older adults and those with disabilities, and discusses approaches available to communities to reduce preventable outbreaks of disease and improve overall quality of life.

http://www.cabq.gov/airquality/documents/pdf/creatingahealthyenvironment.pdf
Background | Background | Healthy Communities | Built Environment
Citation: Jackson RJ, Kochtitzky C. Creating a Healthy Environment: The Impact of the Built Environment on Public Health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta, GA. 2001.
Fostering Policy Change to Create More Age-Friendly Communities

Video presentation outlines an approach to land use and transportation (33 minutes).

http://www.icohere-presentations.com/Presentations/AgingFriendly/PaulZykofsky/player.html
Background | Built Environment
Citation: Zykofsky P. Fostering Policy Change to Create More Age-Friendly Communities. Creating Age-Friendly Communities conference, February 27, 2008. Land Use and Transportation Programs, Local Government Commission. 2008.
Promoting and Protecting Healthy Communities: A City Officials Guide to Public Health

General document outlining the main descriptions of the public health system, how public health is structured, public health officials and public health, and preparing for public health emergencies.

http://www.naccho.org/advocacy/resources/upload/City-Official-Guide.pdf
Background | Background | Healthy Communities | Built Environment
Citation: National League of Cities, National Association of City, and County Health Officials. Promoting and Protecting Healthy Communities: A City Officials Guide to Public Health. Washington, DC. 2010.
Smart Growth Issue Summary: Aging in Place and Smart Growth

Highlights the importance of incorporating the concerns of an aging population into Smart Growth principles, such as health, housing and transportation options, and flexibility, all important considerations in promoting older adults’ health, mobility, and quality of life. Provides a good overview of how conventional urban design creates barriers to older adults’ independence, and stresses the importance of engaging older adults in the planning process.

http://icma.org/en/icma/knowledge_network/documents/kn/Documen...
Background | Background | Healthy Communities | Built Environment
Citation: International City and County Management Association. Smart Growth Issue Summary: Aging in Place and Smart Growth. Washington, DC. 2005.