Haven Project to promote healthy lifestyles, add green spaces to the South Bronx

The residents of New York's South Bronx suffer from relatively high levels of diabetes, childhood asthma and pedestrian injuries. A new initiative called the Haven Project is planning to use green open spaces to combat these issues, not only by creating infrastructure conducive to health and wellbeing, but also by tracking the results.

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Section: Health and Wellbeing

Tags:

• Urban Redevelopment
• Regeneration
• Public Space
• New York
• Health

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