Dead end streets

Submitted by administrator on Thu, 14/02/2008 - 22:33
Dead end streets - Web page
Active Friendly Environ-ments, an Auckland University of Technology study, shows poor planning discourages Aucklanders from walking and sentences us to a life in our cars. Proof? People in subdivisions built after the 1980s, such as in Greenhithe, Albany or Glenfield, weigh an average of 2kg more than those in more central, better planned neighbourhoods.
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The Aucklander
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Auckland region
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Design and planning
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public health
physical activity
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--2.15 Auckland
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