Sources for Additional Information
Books & Publications
Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005)
Erica Gies, The Health Benefits of Parks: How Parks Help Keep Americans and Their Communities Fit and Healthy (San Francisco: The Trust for Public Land, 2007)
Frances E. Kuo, "Fertile Ground for Community: Inner City Neighborhood Common Spaces," American Journal of Community Psychology 26, no. 6 (1998)
Elizabeth Ouzts, Losing Our Natural Heritage: Development and Open Space Loss in North Carolina (Environment North Carolina Research and Policy Center, April 2007)
Trails for Health, Rails to Trails Conservancy
Websites
NC DOT Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation
North Carolina Public Interest Research Group
Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance
Local Land Trusts and Greenways
The Land Trust for Central North Carolina