published Jan 1, 2016
by
Children and Nature Network
A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that the creation of nature-rich urban environments, including schoolyards with natural play spaces and gardens, can help improve physical and mental health, cognitive skills, creativity, and social bonding.
published Nov 1, 2005
by
Stuart Macdonald
A comprehensive look at the elements of greenways and their benefits to communities.
published Jun 20, 2008
Greenways provide numerous and diverse benefits to local municipalities and their residents. This plan focuses on the economic, ecological, recreational, social, and transportation benefits of greenways.
published Dec 31, 2001
The purpose of this study is to determine if single-family sites that border upon a greenway are influenced economically by their proximity to the greenway.
published Apr 15, 2005
This study investigates the question of whether the presence of a greenway increases the risk of crime occurring on the properties adjacent to the greenway.
published Jul 14, 2016
by
American Trails Staff
Gudy is credited with being the Mother of The Colorado Trail, now 567 miles between Denver and Durango.
published Aug 30, 2019
by
Jeff Marion with U.S. Geological Survey
A great how-to for developing educational programs and plans for managing, maintaining, and improving informal trails
published Jan 1, 2007
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National Park Service
This Guide to Sustainable Mountain Trails: Assessment, Planning & Design Sketchbook, 2007 Edition, has its roots in the foundational policies and ethics of federal conservation and preservation land management agencies such as the United States Forest Service and the National Park Service, and in the spirit of nonprofit agency partnership support for land management agency stewardship initiatives.
published Mar 1, 2016
by
Federal Highway Administration
This guidebook is intended to help communities develop performance measures that can fully integrate pedestrian and bicycle planning in ongoing performance management activities.
published Feb 28, 2018
by
Federal Highway Administration
The Guidebook for Measuring Multimodal Network Connectivity is a guide for transportation planners and analysts on the application of analysis methods and measures to support transportation planning and programming decisions. It describes a five-step analysis process and numerous methods and measures to support a variety of planning decisions. It includes references and illustrations of current practices, including materials from five case studies conducted as part of the research process.
