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Guide to Activate Undeveloped Parks of Austin
This is a road map for community members to temporarily activate undeveloped park sites in Austin.
Pathways to Play: Community School Parks Program Report
This report examines the Community School Park (CSP) program's effectiveness to increase use of school campuses for public recreation during periods when schoo…
Surfacing Solutions: How Addressing Conflict and Reframing Challenges as Opportunities Can Create More Equitable and Sustainable Parks
Takeaways on trends, challenges and strategic directions in Canadian city parks in 2023.
The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership
Leaders across multiple sectors can use this spectrum to assess and revolutionize community engagement efforts to advance community-driven solutions.
Key Park Equity Policies: Toward a 10-Minute Walk Park Equity Policy Framework
This report outlines policy solutions and examples that help create scaled, sustainable change and address the park equity divide.
Cornerstone Parks Reports on Stewardship and Park Use
This research from Canada shows that volunteer stewardship in large urban parks makes people happier and healthier and points to the need for equity.
Inequalities in urban greenness and epigenetic aging: Different associations by race and neighborhood socioeconomic status
This research article studies the association between exposure to greenness and epigenetic aging in a large, biracial U.S. urban cohort.
2022 Outdoor Participation Trends Report
This research study examines interest in outdoor recreation after the COVID pandemic disruption.
Neighborhood Park Service: Strategies to create an equitable and activated park system for the District of Columbia
This report provides policy recommendations for how the NPS and Congress can leverage greenspaces to create a better park system in Washington, DC.
The Common Ground Framework: Building community power through park and green space engagement
This paper explores how parks and green spaces can increase a community’s power, particularly communities of historically excluded groups.
Development Fees and Park Equity in Los Angeles
This case study evaluates whether the equity-motivated changes in Los Angeles’ park fees ordinance (known as Quimby) resulted in equity gains.
State of Finance for Nature in Cities 2023: Time to Assess
This report examines the critical need and the challenges and opportunities for Nature-based Solutions in cities.
Greenspace in American Cities: How Access to Parks and Nature Can Improve Health and Well-Being
This report highlights disparities in greenspace access and outlines policy solutions that can ensure that all communities have access to public land.
The Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Report
This report highlights the physical, mental, and environmental benefits that city parks provide and demonstrates how funds from the LWCF’s Outdoor Recreation L…
What Makes Parks Safe?
This research report promotes the use of parks by women and girls, by understanding and responding to the barriers to feeling safe.
Partnership Configuration
Combined partnership agreements between public agencies and private nonprofits that build, renovate, maintain, the ecosystem of Austin's parks.
Inclusive Healthy Places Companion Guide for Park and Recreation Professionals
Offers a comprehensive approach to leverage inclusion and health equity that inform the planning, design, development and evaluation of public spaces.
Park Study Tour: St. Louis, MO
This tour will focus on how cities can dramatically restore and conserve park grounds, as well as park partnerships and public access to parks.
Greater & Greener 2024
Join us for Greater & Greener 2024: An International Urban Parks Conference.
PAS QuickNotes: Climate-Resilient Pollinator Gardens
Pollinator gardens increase climate resiliency and provide ecological, environmental, and health benefits.
