User:JULRIL1632/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Walkable communities: Impacts on residents’ physical and social health :
 * A comprehensive review of how more walkable communities create happier and healthier individuals, measuring this via physical components as well as mentioning how the social (and happiness) levels have an impact on their physical health as well. There was a study done and is discussed thoroughly with several tables/graphics to represent the results. Written by several professors, reviewed, and cited by a large number of other articles.:
 * 25 different sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8776244/:

Option 2

 * Walkability and Its Relationships With Health, Sustainability, and Livability: Elements of Physical Environment and Evaluation Frameworks :
 * Study regarding walkability's impact on the various things mentioned in the article. Several great graphics as well that could be good to use in our article. Very expansive look at these topics which include many subtopics with both quantitative and qualitative results.:
 * A lot, found here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2021.721218/full:

Option 3

 * Walking for health: Impact of living in walkable neighborhoods :
 * A much shorter article than the two prior, summary of two studies conducted at universities in the United States that found clear health improvements to those who lived in a more walkable city: obesity rates, cancer rates, and socioeconomic factors all impacted positively. :
 * Columbia University and NYU Grossman School of Medicine studies, https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/walking-for-health-impact-of-living-in-walkable-neighborhoods/167631/:

Option 4

 * Health benefits of walkable cities:
 * Provides some key statistics regarding walkability's impact on health. These statistics can be very helpful in defining the distinct and measured impact. Notably, looks at the benefits on both a community level as well as an individual level.:
 * https://www.keppelhealthreview.com/spring2022/walkable-cities:

Option 5

 * Walkability and urban built environments—a systematic review of health impact assessments (HIA):
 * Discusses the results of a study that concluded there are many health benefits to living in a walkable city. Further, discusses health from an overarching view and how these cities can integrate into that.:
 * 72 different references, https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-15394-4#availability-of-data-and-materials: