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Papers by Anne Moudon
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Mar 1, 2018
... The built environment: where people lived The exhaustive amount of data we found to be readil... more ... The built environment: where people lived The exhaustive amount of data we found to be readily available on the built environment, urban form, land use, transportation and infrastructure Page 82. urbanism by numbers 61 systems stood in contrast to the dearth of information ...
The Lancet Global Health, Jun 1, 2022
This report summarizes urban development guidelines that various jurisdictions, professional cons... more This report summarizes urban development guidelines that various jurisdictions, professional consultants, and experts have prepared to address the interactive relationship among transportation planning, land use planning, and urban design. The guidelines have been compiled from the literature surveyed for this project. The aim of these guidelines is to aid in the design of cities and transportation systems that will reduce the necessity of driving alone. The report is organized as follows: Introduction; Location of Land Uses; Site Planning and Design Standards; Transit Station Design; Parking Design and Management; Site Planning and Design of Park-and-Ride Facility; Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning; Standards and Procedures for Development Review; and Implementation Mechanisms.
Iconarp international journal architecture and planning, Dec 26, 2019
Urban morphological analyses have identified the parcel (plot), the building type, or the plan un... more Urban morphological analyses have identified the parcel (plot), the building type, or the plan unit (tessuto in Italian) as the basic elements of urban form. As cities have grown in geographic size disproportionately to their growth in population over the past seven decades, new elements have been introduced that structure their form. This essay describes these new elements and proposes that they be formally recognized in urban morphology. It introduces a conceptual framework for a multilevel structure of urban space using areas and networks and including supergrids and superblocks to guide morphological analyses.
Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy
Creating healthy and sustainable cities should be a global priority. Some cities prioritize 15-mi... more Creating healthy and sustainable cities should be a global priority. Some cities prioritize 15-minute cities as a planning approach with co-benefits for health, climate change mitigation, equity, and economic recovery from COVID-19. Yet, as our recent Lancet Global Health series on “Urban Design, Transport, and Health” showed, many cities have a long way to go to achieve this vision. This policy guideline summarizes the main findings of the series, which assessed health and sustainability indicators for 25 cities in 19 countries. We then outline steps governments can take to strengthen policy frameworks and deliver more healthy, equitable, and sustainable built environments. The Lancet Global Health series provided clear evidence that cities need to transform urban governance to enable integrated planning for health and sustainability and commit to policy implementation. Evidence-informed indicators should be used to benchmark and monitor progress. Cities need policy frameworks that...
Social Science Research Network, 2022
Science of The Total Environment
1. Publicly available data: 2017 Puget Sound regional Household Travel survey 2. Publicly availab... more 1. Publicly available data: 2017 Puget Sound regional Household Travel survey 2. Publicly available data: Washington State Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) program 2015-2016 3. The authors created a computer program in 2020 to continuously "scrape" and archive real-time location data that a few shared micro-mobility companies provide for their bikes and scooters via the internet. A technical description of the online database system was provided in the report. A pilot-study served to analyze one year of data and to create trip generation models.
Moudon has been studying single family housing districts in America for many years as a researche... more Moudon has been studying single family housing districts in America for many years as a researcher and teacher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the University of Washington. Her main interest has been the changes in housing caused by changes in the needs and lifestyles of the inhabitants. She has also analyzed how different typologies can adapt to changes and how zoning and building regulations may affect the possibilities and the process of housing conversions. Moudon has been working with Marina Botta at the BOOM group at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. In 1989 she was guest researcher at the BOOM group and participated in Botta's research on renewal of older single family home suburbs in Sweden (now published in the report "Äldre Villaområden Varsam Förnyelse" by the Swedish Council for Building Research. T7:1994.J. In both the United States and Sweden there are suburban districts with older single family houses of great cultural, ...
This project contributes to the Washington State Strategic Highway Safety Plan, whose goals are t... more This project contributes to the Washington State Strategic Highway Safety Plan, whose goals are to achieve zero road fatality and serious injury by 2030 and to reduce the number of pedestrians and bicyclists involved in motor-vehicle collisions on state highways. The study focused on "main street highways" (MSHs), which are stretches of State Routes that also act as main streets for the local populations. This report covers Part II of the study, which (1) identified hotspots of pedestrian and bicyclist collisions, and (2) developed models for estimating socioeconomic and environmental predictors of collision locations. Collision hotspots were derived from Planar and novel Network Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) methods. Case-control and negative binomial models showed that high risk pedestrian and bicyclist collision locations were significantly associated with collisions occurring (1) at street and road intersections (versus mid-blocks); (2) on wider roads; (3) on roads with bicycle lanes; (4) in low income and non-white neighborhoods.
Cities, 2021
Effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic via appropriate management of the built environment is... more Effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic via appropriate management of the built environment is an urgent issue. This study develops a research framework to explore the relationship between COVID-19 incidence and influential factors related to protection of vulnerable populations, intervention in transmission pathways, and provision of healthcare resources. Relevant data for regression analysis and structural equation modeling is collected during the first wave of the pandemic in the United States, from counties with over 100 confirmed cases. In addition to confirming certain factors found in the existing literature, we uncover six new factors significantly associated with COVID-19 incidence. Furthermore, incidence during the lockdown is found to significantly affect incidence after the reopening, highlighting that timely quarantining and treating of patients is essential to avoid the snowballing transmission over time. These findings suggest ways to mitigate the negative effects of subsequent waves of the pandemic, such as special attention of infection prevention in neighborhoods with unsanitary and overcrowded housing, minimization of social activities organized by neighborhood associations, and contactless home delivery service of healthy food. Also worth noting is the need to provide support to people less capable of complying with the stay-at-home order because of their occupations or socioeconomic disadvantage.
Social Science & Medicine, 2020
Adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) may involve higher diet costs. This study... more Adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) may involve higher diet costs. This study assessed the relation between two measures of food spending and diet quality among adult participants (N = 768) in the Seattle Obesity Study (SOS III). All participants completed socio-demographic and food expenditure surveys and the Fred Hutch food frequency questionnaire. Dietary intakes were joined with local supermarket prices to estimate individual-level diet costs. Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2015) scores measured compliance with DGA. Multiple linear regressions using Generalized Estimating Equations with robust standard errors showed that lower food spending was associated with younger age, Hispanic ethnicity, and lower socioeconomic status. Even though higher HEI-2015 scores were associated with higher diet costs per 2000 kcal, much individual variability was observed. A positive curvilinear relationship was observed in adjusted models.
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Mar 1, 2018
... The built environment: where people lived The exhaustive amount of data we found to be readil... more ... The built environment: where people lived The exhaustive amount of data we found to be readily available on the built environment, urban form, land use, transportation and infrastructure Page 82. urbanism by numbers 61 systems stood in contrast to the dearth of information ...
The Lancet Global Health, Jun 1, 2022
This report summarizes urban development guidelines that various jurisdictions, professional cons... more This report summarizes urban development guidelines that various jurisdictions, professional consultants, and experts have prepared to address the interactive relationship among transportation planning, land use planning, and urban design. The guidelines have been compiled from the literature surveyed for this project. The aim of these guidelines is to aid in the design of cities and transportation systems that will reduce the necessity of driving alone. The report is organized as follows: Introduction; Location of Land Uses; Site Planning and Design Standards; Transit Station Design; Parking Design and Management; Site Planning and Design of Park-and-Ride Facility; Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning; Standards and Procedures for Development Review; and Implementation Mechanisms.
Iconarp international journal architecture and planning, Dec 26, 2019
Urban morphological analyses have identified the parcel (plot), the building type, or the plan un... more Urban morphological analyses have identified the parcel (plot), the building type, or the plan unit (tessuto in Italian) as the basic elements of urban form. As cities have grown in geographic size disproportionately to their growth in population over the past seven decades, new elements have been introduced that structure their form. This essay describes these new elements and proposes that they be formally recognized in urban morphology. It introduces a conceptual framework for a multilevel structure of urban space using areas and networks and including supergrids and superblocks to guide morphological analyses.
Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy
Creating healthy and sustainable cities should be a global priority. Some cities prioritize 15-mi... more Creating healthy and sustainable cities should be a global priority. Some cities prioritize 15-minute cities as a planning approach with co-benefits for health, climate change mitigation, equity, and economic recovery from COVID-19. Yet, as our recent Lancet Global Health series on “Urban Design, Transport, and Health” showed, many cities have a long way to go to achieve this vision. This policy guideline summarizes the main findings of the series, which assessed health and sustainability indicators for 25 cities in 19 countries. We then outline steps governments can take to strengthen policy frameworks and deliver more healthy, equitable, and sustainable built environments. The Lancet Global Health series provided clear evidence that cities need to transform urban governance to enable integrated planning for health and sustainability and commit to policy implementation. Evidence-informed indicators should be used to benchmark and monitor progress. Cities need policy frameworks that...
Social Science Research Network, 2022
Science of The Total Environment
1. Publicly available data: 2017 Puget Sound regional Household Travel survey 2. Publicly availab... more 1. Publicly available data: 2017 Puget Sound regional Household Travel survey 2. Publicly available data: Washington State Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) program 2015-2016 3. The authors created a computer program in 2020 to continuously "scrape" and archive real-time location data that a few shared micro-mobility companies provide for their bikes and scooters via the internet. A technical description of the online database system was provided in the report. A pilot-study served to analyze one year of data and to create trip generation models.
Moudon has been studying single family housing districts in America for many years as a researche... more Moudon has been studying single family housing districts in America for many years as a researcher and teacher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the University of Washington. Her main interest has been the changes in housing caused by changes in the needs and lifestyles of the inhabitants. She has also analyzed how different typologies can adapt to changes and how zoning and building regulations may affect the possibilities and the process of housing conversions. Moudon has been working with Marina Botta at the BOOM group at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. In 1989 she was guest researcher at the BOOM group and participated in Botta's research on renewal of older single family home suburbs in Sweden (now published in the report "Äldre Villaområden Varsam Förnyelse" by the Swedish Council for Building Research. T7:1994.J. In both the United States and Sweden there are suburban districts with older single family houses of great cultural, ...
This project contributes to the Washington State Strategic Highway Safety Plan, whose goals are t... more This project contributes to the Washington State Strategic Highway Safety Plan, whose goals are to achieve zero road fatality and serious injury by 2030 and to reduce the number of pedestrians and bicyclists involved in motor-vehicle collisions on state highways. The study focused on "main street highways" (MSHs), which are stretches of State Routes that also act as main streets for the local populations. This report covers Part II of the study, which (1) identified hotspots of pedestrian and bicyclist collisions, and (2) developed models for estimating socioeconomic and environmental predictors of collision locations. Collision hotspots were derived from Planar and novel Network Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) methods. Case-control and negative binomial models showed that high risk pedestrian and bicyclist collision locations were significantly associated with collisions occurring (1) at street and road intersections (versus mid-blocks); (2) on wider roads; (3) on roads with bicycle lanes; (4) in low income and non-white neighborhoods.
Cities, 2021
Effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic via appropriate management of the built environment is... more Effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic via appropriate management of the built environment is an urgent issue. This study develops a research framework to explore the relationship between COVID-19 incidence and influential factors related to protection of vulnerable populations, intervention in transmission pathways, and provision of healthcare resources. Relevant data for regression analysis and structural equation modeling is collected during the first wave of the pandemic in the United States, from counties with over 100 confirmed cases. In addition to confirming certain factors found in the existing literature, we uncover six new factors significantly associated with COVID-19 incidence. Furthermore, incidence during the lockdown is found to significantly affect incidence after the reopening, highlighting that timely quarantining and treating of patients is essential to avoid the snowballing transmission over time. These findings suggest ways to mitigate the negative effects of subsequent waves of the pandemic, such as special attention of infection prevention in neighborhoods with unsanitary and overcrowded housing, minimization of social activities organized by neighborhood associations, and contactless home delivery service of healthy food. Also worth noting is the need to provide support to people less capable of complying with the stay-at-home order because of their occupations or socioeconomic disadvantage.
Social Science & Medicine, 2020
Adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) may involve higher diet costs. This study... more Adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) may involve higher diet costs. This study assessed the relation between two measures of food spending and diet quality among adult participants (N = 768) in the Seattle Obesity Study (SOS III). All participants completed socio-demographic and food expenditure surveys and the Fred Hutch food frequency questionnaire. Dietary intakes were joined with local supermarket prices to estimate individual-level diet costs. Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2015) scores measured compliance with DGA. Multiple linear regressions using Generalized Estimating Equations with robust standard errors showed that lower food spending was associated with younger age, Hispanic ethnicity, and lower socioeconomic status. Even though higher HEI-2015 scores were associated with higher diet costs per 2000 kcal, much individual variability was observed. A positive curvilinear relationship was observed in adjusted models.