Health Sciences 3290A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Complete Streets, Built Environment, Cycling Infrastructure
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No statistics and dates that are only in the readings, if they"re on slides you need to know them. In the readings you need to focus on the main ideas instead of the details, what is their point, how are they backing it up, what are their examples. Guest lectures on writing proposals and cel are testable. Built environment everything that is made by people that are around us. Things like green spaces, walkways, roadways, parks, etc. A really important thing about the build environment is that it influences choice. Things like bike lanes if available make it easier and more appealing for people to bike places. The build environment have effects on vulnerable populations. Parks need to have good lighting, wide enough sidewalks for strollers and wheelchairs. The build environment is an issue that affects health and the environment that affects multiple stakeholders. Hard infrastructure is buildings and things that are physical entities.