Our Built and Natural Environments: A Technical Review of the Interactions Among Land Use, Transportation, and Environmental Quality, Second Edition

Copyright

2013

Published By

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

This technical review looks at how development patterns affect the environment and human health. It contains trends in land use, development, and transportation; a review of studies on the relationship between the built environment, natural environment, and human health; and evidence that certain types of land use and transportation strategies can reduce negative environmental and human health impacts.