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Landscape and Urban Planning 66 (2004) 91–106
A framework for incorporating the prevention of Lyme disease
transmission into the landscape planning and design process
Sarah E. Ward, Robert D. Brown *
School of Environmental Design and Rural Development,
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont., Canada N1G 2W1
Received 9 May 2001; received in revised form 15 November 2002; accepted 28 April 2003
Abstract
A study was undertaken to investigate whether appropriate environmental planning and design techniques have the potential
to reduce Lyme disease transmission in the landscape. The ecology of infectious diseases, using Lyme disease as a case study,
was investigated to determine critical interactions between infectious disease and humans in the landscape. Knowledge of the
life cycle of the disease’s hosts revealed the critical times and places where interactions, and possible infections of humans,
are most likely to occur. This information was incorporated into a decision tree framework and a landscape features checklist
that will allow landscape planners and designers to determine approaches that will minimize the risk of infection in humans.
A series of planning, design, and management guidelines were developed, and their application should assist in lowering the
likelihood of humans contracting Lyme disease in the landscape.
© 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Landscape architecture; Lyme disease
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