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
- Member ExclusiveReport
Todays Older Adults Initial Report of Results
Stephanie T. West, Ph.D. Recreation Management Appalachian State UniversitySurvey sent to adults 50+ to gain a better understanding of the current activity behaviors and attitudes of older adults along with their greatest challenges.
- Member ExclusiveReport
Greening without Gentrification: Learning from Parks-Related Anti-Displacement Strategies Nationwide
The University of Utah, UCLA, GreenInfo NetworkResults shared of an ongoing study to identify and classify parks-related anti-displacement strategies in marginalized neighborhoods in 19 cities.
