The Active Friendly Environments Project – A partnership informing planning, policy & practice
Environmental Services
The study makes a clear finding regarding the correlation between a connected street network and physical activity uptake. Subdivision planners should take this into account when assessing future applications.
Human Resources
The study is useful to this department’s workplace health and wellbeing goals as it focuses on transport-related physical activity in relation to places of work.
Communications
The study findings and recommendations stress the need for more public information on the physical activity sites and facilities within the city. It recommends the development of a specific website to disseminate this information.
The Active Friendly Environments research is available online at: www.northshorecity.govt.nz and on the SPARC website at www.sparc.org.nz/ partners-and-programmes/active-communities/active-friendly-environments/research
To find out more about the research please contact:
Nick Garrett, Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Auckland University of Technology, North Shore City, NZ;
nick.garrett@aut.ac.nz or
Updated | 11 Jul 2008.
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