Publication | Walkability and Connectivity Assessing and Planning for Healthier Community Environments

By Dr. Jayoung Koo, CEDIK Extension Specialist and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Published on Jun. 1, 2023

 

Activity Guide | Where Your Sidewalk Begins

By Community Design
Published on Jul. 6, 2021

  In the poem, "Where the Sidewalk Ends, the author Shel Silverstein encourages readers to think in a “childlike way”. He contrasts the imaginative world of children with the grey and unchanging world of adults. In the activity below, you will imagine a sidewalk in your community that is unlike anything we have seen before.

Activity Guide | Community Collage

By Community Design
Published on May. 6, 2021

This activity is intended to get youth thinking about ways they can be actively involved in transforming their community. Students will participate in a photo walking tour, complete a think sheet, and create a collage. Before the meeting, determine a walking route that students can complete in 30 minutes or less.

Activity Guide | Radical Walking Toolkit

By Community Design
Published on Mar. 6, 2018

Radical Walking is a process for recapturing our understanding of everyday spaces through slow walking. The initial idea of Radical Walking emerged from the works of a French theorist and philosopher from the mid-20th Century.

Publication | Walkability and Connectivity: Enhancing the Pedestrian Travel Environment for Healthier Communities

By Dr. Jayoung Koo, CEDIK Extension Specialist and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Published on Sep. 1, 2017

Walkability in the Twenty-first Century