Title: Suburban Areas
Headings: Suburban Areas
Land Use
Suburban Areas
What is different about suburban health?
What is a sprawl?
How can suburban areas encourage physical activity?
Who does planning in my area?
What about economic development?
Why conserve suburban green space?
Why are zoning policies important to health?
Why is multimodal transportation?
Government partners
Additional resources
Helpful documents

Content: Zoning can help to slow sprawl. Zoning can encourage certain land uses. For example, mixed use zoning can increase density connecting people and places leading to more active transportation and physical activity. Zoning policies can encourage or require healthier options such as sidewalks, bike lanes, affordable housing or green spaces. Effective zoning policies can increase property values and decrease health inequities. Why is multimodal transportation? Multimodal transportation supports the needs of all users whether they choose to walk, bike, use public transit or drive. It means more transportation options and more freedom in how people get around. For example, the use of sidewalks, bike lanes, pedestrian crossings, bus routes and other transportation options to increase connectivity of places. These transportation options can be designed to be safer for all people, especially children, older adults and those with disabilities.