We may feel comfortable in a nice park, or a city plaza, but does this really affect our “community engagement?”

The Center for Active Design (CfAD) offers a study that says “yes.”

CfAD states that their Assembly Civic Engagement Survey is the first study to examine specific community design features that influence civic life, using large-sample survey methods and visual experiments.

Their innovative study of 5,000 people nationwide inquired about respondents’ civic perceptions and behaviors, as well as design elements and maintenance conditions within their communities. Here is what they found. Continue Reading