Healthy Neighborhoods
High-quality neighborhoods and public infrastructure are fundamental building blocks for health and economic opportunity. Equitable cities work to make all of their neighborhoods healthy, connected communities of opportunity and build infrastructure that increases connectivity and mobility for communities that have experienced disinvestment and exclusion.
The tools below cover three strategies:
- Target Resources: Direct public investments and resources toward building opportunity in high-need, distressed communities by adopting a health in all policies approach.
- Resilient Infrastructure: Build infrastructure that increases health, livability, mobility, opportunity, and resilience for vulnerable communities such as equitable transit-oriented development and commercial community land trusts.
- Health Equity: Ensure all neighborhoods provide access to healthy food, high-quality parks, clean air, and other elements of a healthy built environment including through joint use and healthy food business development.