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Do State Comprehensive Planning Statutes Address Physical Activity?: Implications for Rural Communities

Description
Study examining state comprehensive plans related to physical activity with a focus on predominantly rural states and jurisdictions based on state statutory laws. Analyzes the rates at which physical activity, land use, parks and recreation, and other planning items were addressed in state statutes, offering a map of state-level rurality, population-conditional rules for planning, and physical activity-related plan elements.
Author(s)
Lisa M. Charron, Chloe Milstein, Samantha I. Moyers, Christiaan G. Abildso, Jamie F. Chriqui
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 12190
Date
11/2021
Type
Document
Tagged as
Infrastructure · Physical activity · Planning and strategy methods and resources · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data