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Neighborhood health: a new framework for investing in sustainable communities
The sustainability movement in the United States has increasingly embraced the environmental benefits of dense, mixed-use walkable communities. However, it has been slower to codify these benefits into formal project review and rating systems for investment. Sustainability advocates have historically focused on building-level performance, with a particular emphasis on energy, water, and waste management. This emphasis on the building as a stand-alone structure, separate from its neighborhood context, reflects both the challenges of neighborhood-scale data gathering and the fragmented nature ...