Greenway Health Impact Assessment in OST/South Union (Summer 2016)
To better understand how Neighborhood Greenways can impact the health of residents in the OST/South Union community, this team collaborated on the Southeast Houston Transformation Alliance’s (SEHTA) greenway planning process by analyzing baseline health data as well as current mobility patterns and predicted use of a future greenway by residents in the OST/South Union neighborhood of Houston. The team designed and implemented a face-to-face, map-based survey, conducting 199 interviews in multiple locations. The responses were used to estimate the potential health impacts and the findings provide SEHTA with a greater understanding of how the greenway, once implemented, may influence neighborhood health.
Students:
Dominic Herkes, Mechanical Engineering
Joel Thompson, History & Policy Studies
Talia Kramer, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Monika Jain, Kinesiology & Health Sciences
Team Coach:
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Sociology
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