Recreation and physical education

eConference: Planning Healthy and Child-Friendly Communities

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This eConference brings together outstanding leaders, expert professionals and scholars renowned for their breadth of vision and depth of experience. Audio presentations, transcripts of keynote speeches, slides, and papers presented at the 48th IMCL Conference are now available online. This is an invaluable resource for your city, firm or university - insightful strategies, knowledge, and tools to guide healthy and child-friendly planning policies.
Start Date: 
02/25/2011
End Date: 
05/31/2011
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eConference: Planning Healthy and Child-Friendly Communities
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eConference: Planning Healthy and Child-Friendly Communities

Addressing Issues: Health and Community Design

This article explains how to design public spaces for physical activity and why doing so is important to community health.
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The Health Benefits of Hiking and Trails

Besides its economic benefits, trails can contribute to improved health. This fact sheet identifies the ways in which using trails for exercise can improve one's physical health.
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School Health Resource Database

This database includes smaple school district policies and information on physical activity.
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Trails and Greenways Clearinghouse

The Trails and Greenways Clearinghouse provides technical assistance, information resources and referrals to trail and greenway advocates and developers across the nation.
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Acquiring Rail Corridors: A How-To Manual

This manual identifies the dilemma faced by public agencies and private organizations interested in acquiring abandoned or unused railroad corridors for conversion to trails or greenways and offers solutions. The book is based on the experiences of hundreds of rail-trail projects that have been successfully completed and is designed to help readers get to the negotiating table, and then, to successfully negotiate a winning deal for their community.
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Recreation.Gov

This federal government website lists outdoor recreation opportunities in all 50 states.
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