Documenting the Potential of City Parks
City Parks Alliance and research partners are exploring the role of parks in addressing critical emerging issues facing cities. Together with economists, engineers, policy experts, advocates and practitioners, we are delivering practical, replicable solutions for cities, agencies, and residents. City Parks Alliance members and others can draw upon these reports, videos, and infographics to demonstrate the power of city parks in a broad new context of economic, environmental, and social opportunity.
Reports and Other Tools
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- Advocacy
- Arts & Culture
- Civic Engagement/Volunteers
- Community Benefits
- Concessions
- Dog Park
- Economic Development
- Emergency Management & Planning
- Equity
- Funding/Fundraising
- Green Infrastructure/Resilience
- Greenway/Trail
- Health
- Historic Preservation
- Homelessness
- Housing
- Land Protection
- Maintenance
- Operations
- Park
- Parkland Alienation
- Playground
- Safety
- Schoolyard
- Skate Park
- Sports/Recreation
- Stewardship
- Transportation
- Urban Greening/Biodiversity
- Vendors
- Waterfront
- Workforce Development/Youth Employment
- Youth Programming
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Greenspace in American Cities: How Access to Parks and Nature Can Improve Health and Well-Being
CityHealth, Beaumont Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Trust for Public LandThis report highlights disparities in greenspace access and outlines policy solutions that can ensure that all communities have access to public land.
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What Makes Parks Safe?
Dr. Anna Barker and Professor George Holmes (University of Leeds) with Dr Rizwana Alam, Lauren Cape-Davenhill, Dr Sally Osei-Appiah and Dr. Sibylla Warrington Brown, in collaboration with West Yorkshire Combined AuthorityThis research report promotes the use of parks by women and girls, by understanding and responding to the barriers to feeling safe.
