WELCOME TO URBAN SPACES, HEALTHY PLACES!
Community gardens offer a multitude of benefits toward the goal of urban health. Find out how!
Consider the urban spaces that are part of your daily routine. Do some of them strike you as lively and engaging, while others appear dull and uninviting? Have you ever considered what attributes of the spaces lead to these responses? The Urban Health Magazine will help you find the answers!
This website is part of Easton, Pennsylvania’s Urban Ecology Project, a collaborative effort to realize the relationships between the human, natural, and architectural resources of Easton. Lafayette College students have taken a key role in the project as part of a course titled, “Mapping Urban Ecology.” Read about the class and its students!
FEATURE STORY – What Makes a Healthy City?
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What attributes lend a city a sense of “health?” Ultimately, this sense is created by the interaction of a number of human and environmental factors. Learn about some of the characteristics, such as green space and pedestrianism. You’ll develop a whole new frame of reference to use when visiting urban areas!
What attributes lend a city a sense of “health?” Ultimately, this sense is created by the interaction of a number of human and environmental factors. Learn about some of the characteristics, such as green space and pedestrianism. You’ll develop a whole new frame of reference to use when visiting urban areas!
Useful Links:
Easton Green Maps Main Website