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.
On this occasion, we're inviting you to read the article "The symbiotic city" written by Marian Stuiver and posted on The IFME "International Federation of Municipal Engineering" Which provides interesting facts and thoughts about the benefit of merging nature with our way of living.
We continue to face ever increasing numbers of extreme weather events, severe losses in biodiversity, massive displacement, and migration of global peoples, and many are not able to access basic quality community infrastructures such as neighborhood parks.
Arising from the Nature is Good Medicine Workshop on 5 September 2021, we call on IUCN and its Members to recognize the irreplaceable potential of nature-derived health services to individuals and society.
The large parks and green infrastructure presented here illustrate the diverse uses and many benefits of large urban parks across 30 major cities.