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Overview

Ann Forsyth is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and is primarily engaged in research within the social sciences. The focus of their work spans several subfields, including transportation, demography, health, urban studies, and toxicology. Their research topics notably encompass urban transport and accessibility, health disparities and outcomes, migration, aging, tourism studies, urban green space and health, scientometrics and bibliometrics research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, as well as urban planning and governance.

Their publication record includes contributions to a range of academic journals, with a particular concentration in the Journal of the American Planning Association, where they have 18 publications. Other frequent venues include the Journal of Planning Literature, Housing Policy Debate, Nature Medicine, and the Journal of Urban Design.

Among Forsyth's recent scholarly works are:

  • What Is Aging in Place? Confusions and Contradictions (2020, Housing Policy Debate)
  • Lessons from planned resettlement and new town experiences for avoiding climate sprawl (2020, Landscape and Urban Planning)

Forsyth has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Richard Peiser, Yingying Lyu, Jennifer Molinsky, Lynn van Olst, and Brooke Simonton. These collaborations cross various disciplines and reflect a networked approach to addressing urban and social issues.

Notable publication venues associated with Forsyth's work are:

  • Journal of the American Planning Association
  • Journal of Planning Literature
  • Housing Policy Debate
  • Nature Medicine
  • Journal of Urban Design

The overarching thematic elements of Forsyth's research are situated at the intersection of urban environments, population aging, health equity, and planning policies. Their analysis covers the effects of the built environment on community health and aging populations, as well as methodological critiques related to neighborhood audit tools and spatial dynamics impacting social well-being.

Best Publications

  • Measuring the Built Environment for Physical Activity: State of the Science

    Ross C. Brownson;Christine M. Hoehner;Kristen Day;Ann Forsyth

  • What is a Walkable Place? The Walkability Debate in Urban Design

    Ann Forsyth

  • Design and Destinations: Factors Influencing Walking and Total Physical Activity:

    Ann Forsyth;Mary Hearst;J. Michael Oakes;Kathryn H. Schmitz

  • The Irvine-Minnesota inventory to measure built environments: development.

    Kristen Day;Marlon Boarnet;Mariela Alfonzo;Ann Forsyth

  • Does Residential Density Increase Walking and Other Physical Activity

    Ann Forsyth;J. Michael Oakes;Kathryn H. Schmitz;Mary Hearst

  • A Gender Agenda: New Directions for Planning Theory

    Leonie Sandercock;Ann Forsyth

  • The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture:

    Ann Forsyth

  • The effects of neighborhood density and street connectivity on walking behavior: the Twin Cities walking study

    J Michael Oakes;Ann Forsyth;Kathryn H Schmitz

  • The built environment, walking, and physical activity: Is the environment more important to some people than others?

    Ann Forsyth;J. Michael Oakes;Brian Lee;Kathryn H. Schmitz

  • Hot, congested, crowded and diverse: Emerging research agendas in planning

    Hilda Blanco;Marina Alberti;Ann Forsyth;Kevin J. Krizek

  • Neighbourhood food environments: are they associated with adolescent dietary intake, food purchases and weight status?

    Melissa N. Laska;Mary O. Hearst;Ann Forsyth;Keryn Elizabeth Pasch

  • Explaining Changes in Walking and Bicycling Behavior: Challenges for Transportation Research

    Kevin J Krizek;Susan L Handy;Ann Forsyth

  • The Irvine-Minnesota inventory to measure built environments: reliability tests.

    Marlon G. Boarnet;Kristen Day;Mariela Alfonzo;Ann Forsyth

  • Cities Afoot—Pedestrians, Walkability and Urban Design

    Ann Forsyth;Michael Southworth

  • Seven American TODs: Good practices for urban design in Transit-Oriented Development projects

    Justin Jacobson;Ann Forsyth

  • Promoting walking and bicycling: assessing the evidence to assist planners

    Ann Forsyth;Kevin J Krizek

  • Designing Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns

    Ann Forsyth;Laura Musacchio;Frank Fitzgerald

  • Urban Design: Is there a Distinctive View from the Bicycle?

    Ann Forsyth;Kevin Krizek

  • The street level built environment and physical activity and walking: Results of a predictive validity study for the irvine minnesota inventory

    Marlon G. Boarnet;Ann Forsyth;Kristen Day;J. Michael Oakes

  • Patterns of Obesogenic Neighborhood Features and Adolescent Weight: A comparison of statistical approaches

    Melanie M. Wall;Nicole I. Larson;Ann Forsyth;David C. Van Riper

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. Krizek
Kevin J. Krizek University of Colorado Boulder
J. Michael Oakes
J. Michael Oakes University of Minnesota
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer University of Minnesota
Melanie M. Wall
Melanie M. Wall Columbia University
Marlon G. Boarnet
Marlon G. Boarnet University of Southern California
Mary Story
Mary Story Duke University
John R. Sirard
John R. Sirard University of Massachusetts Amherst
Daniel A. Rodriguez
Daniel A. Rodriguez University of California, Berkeley
Keryn E. Pasch
Keryn E. Pasch The University of Texas at Austin
Jerica M. Berge
Jerica M. Berge University of Minnesota

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