Livable Communities

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"Our growing population and changing demographics will open a huge market for reinvesting in our older communities, in and around the core of our key region. Now is the time to prepare for that opportunity."
-- Ventura, California, City Manager Rick Cole

Reports, Tools, and Fact Sheets:

Resource	Organization	Description
A Blueprint for Action: Developing Livable Communities for All Ages		Report
A Residents Guide to Creating Safe and Walkable Communities		Report
Age Friendly Brochure	World Health Organization (WHO)	Brochure
Age Friendly Cities Checklist	World Health Organization (WHO)	Tool
Beyond 50.05 A Report to the Nation on Livable Communities: Creating Environments for Successful Aging, Research Report		Report
Building on Best Practices Consensus	National Council on Aging; and Learning Network for Active Aging	Report
new! Footloose and Fancy Free: A Field Survey of Walkable Urban Places in the Top 30 U.S. Metropolitan Areas	The Brookings Institution	Report
Getting to Smart Growth (also available in Spanish)	Smart Growth	Report
Getting to Smart Growth II: 100 More Policies for Implementation (also available in Spanish)	Smart Growth	Report
Good Health Counts: A 21st Century Approach to Health and Community for California	The Prevention Institute	Report
Is My Community Elder Friendly?	Elderberry Institute:	Report
Neighborhood Design and Aging: An Empirical Analysis in Northern California	The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University	Report
Report on Physical Activity Programming	U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services	Report
Report to help cities in planning	World Health Organization (WHO)	Report
Resource List: Sustainable Planning for Aging in Place		Tool
SMART- Self Management Assessment and Resource Tool	Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging	Tool
Sustainable Communities for All Ages a Viable Futures Toolkit		Tool
Ten Strategies For Ensuring Commitment to Active Aging		Report
Toward a Sustainable Community		Report
Walkable Communities--new! 6/23/2008	CDC Podcasts/(Created: 4/18/2008 by NCEH/ATSDR) Date Released: 5/8/2008	Tool: Discusses benefits of walkable communities, as they relate to health, the environment, and social interaction
What's Your Neighborhood Walkscore?		Tool
Women and Environmental Health	EPA Aging Initiative	Fact Sheet

Web Sites:
AARP
Active Living Research
American Institute of Architects' (AIA) Center for Communities by Design
Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
Center for Sustainable Communities
Communities of Tomorrow Partnership
Creating Livable Places
Enterprise Resource Database
Healthy Transportation Network
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Smart Growth Online
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Aging Initiative

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