Public health and urban planning are tightly linked, yet their intersection is not always addressed in courses. Urban planning plays a critical role in determining a city’s environmental impact, transportation infrastructure, walkability, and so much more. Creating a class that explores the ways urban planning and public health connect for pre-med and public health students is important because their education shapes the type of health advocates they become. Ultimately, understanding urban planning provides future public health advocates and doctors with a new toolset to improve the public’s health and produce healthier cities. This creative project aims to address this issue by creating a class with 15 modules showing the various ways that urban planning and public health intersect.
Details
- Course Outline: The Intersection of Urban Planning and Public Health
- Twishime, Nancy (Author)
- King, David (Thesis director)
- Salamone, Damien (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- College of Health Solutions (Contributor)
- School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning (Contributor)
- Watts College of Public Service & Community Solut (Contributor)