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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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Outdoor Recreation: Exploring COVID-19 Induced Changes in Outdoor Recreation Engagement and Behaviour in New Zealand
Land Environment and People Research ReportThe second of two reports that explores the impacts of the 2020 COVID-19 national lockdown on outdoor recreationists’ in New Zealand.
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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.
