Board Vacancies & Nominations
June 6, 2023
The World Urban Parks Annual General Meeting will be taking place this coming August 2023. A number of open positions are available to the Board of Directors for a term.
Safer Parks: Improving Access for Women and Girls
June 1, 2023
Parks are essential for all of us but are less used by women and girls due to concerns about safety, health and wellbeing impacts.
Women’s and girl’s safety
May 31, 2023
The parks for London organization has put together extensive research and consultation to find out how to improve safety for women and girls in parks.
“Taking your Professional Career to the Next Level”, by Maarten Loeffen
May 31, 2023
Listen to a segment of “Taking your Professional Career to the Next Level”, a panel discussion delivered by Marteen Loeffen at last year’s World Urban Parks Congress.
What makes a walkable city
May 30, 2023
As mentioned in the article written by M. Martínez Euklidiadas:
If, during the 20th century, the aim in cities was to make space for private vehicles, one of the challenges of the 21st century is to correct that self-destructive trend. The proximity city, also known as a walkable city, emerged as an essential town-planning tool to improve residents’ quality of life and reduce their impact.
The new ParkScore Report
May 24, 2023
This week on Podparks, we are joined live by Linda Hwang and Bianca Shulaker of Trust of Public Land to discuss TPL’s exciting new ParkScore report released today.
