About Healthy Places

Reference
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). About Healthy Places. Retrieved September 24, 2007, from http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/about.htm.


This article “About Healthy Places” was published on the CDC website, which described the environmental situation in the past and in recent years. In the first part, they gave the definition of healthy environments. Then they mentioned that city development or urban planning in the past has had disadvantages to humans. For instance, there are too many roads or spaces for cars, too far to walk to other destinations, and too few considerations for residents. However, governments have noticed the influences of community design, and they have become committed to making new coalitions and resolutions to relieve public health problems. Finally, they picture the future map in our communities and let people know the healthy environment knowledge.

This article told us how the community environment would be changed and made the idea of healthy environments as simple as citizens can understand well. The main points are easy to realize and be agreed upon. Nevertheless, only few people know this knowledge and they have little power and few resources to change their communities; it looks like a long road. Residents get used to the environment they live in. They might complain about using segregated lands, but they lead the usual life as time passes by without reactions. Therefore, political decision makers, like mayors who have the power to modify the way of urban planning, have the main role in opening the road, and can promote residents’ health as soon as possible.