GP052: Urban Planning and Health with Alex Heilmann

Global Physio Podcast

Today’s episode, we have Alex Heilmann, a Masters student at UBC, studying Community Planning. He is from Boston originally and moved to Vancouver to study Planning, particularly Transportation Planning. His work and projects relate to transitioning cities away from car dependency. We cover a range of topics on how urban planning and city design impacts health, not just physical health, but social capital and environmental health.

Resources:

– War on Cars: https://thewaroncars.org/
– Strong Towns: https://www.strongtowns.org/podcasts
– Happy Cities by Charles Montgomery
– The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

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