Funding Year: 2017-2018
Horticulture and urban design have wide-ranging impacts on physical, mental, and emotional health of individuals and on community well-being. Design components including parks, community gardens, playgrounds, sports fields, green spaces, and natural settings all contribute to individual and community well-being. This team brought faculty and students together from across campus to tackle the challenges of sustainability in urban environments.
Principal Investigators:
- Jessica Davis, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
- Chris Bell, Department of Health and Exercise Science
- Albert Bimper, Department of Ethnic Studies
- Alessandro Bonanno, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Brian Dunbar, Institute for the Built Environment
- Chris Melby, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
- Sybil Sharvelle, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Lorann Stallones, Colorado School of Public Health
- Michael Steger, Department of Psychology