World Urban Parks is looking to incorporate webinars, blogs, and discussion forums during World Parks Week. These activities will highlight and educate people about the different initiatives that urban parks around the world are involved in.
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Resources Parks Week 2024
World Urban Parks intends to work with the following World Urban Parks Advocacy Committees to create and share resources that support and advocate for the importance and significance of World Parks Week and urban parks.
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Parks Week 2024
From April 28th to May 5th, 2024, join us in celebrating the irreplaceable value of urban green spaces during World Parks Week. This year, we’re focusing on the incredible benefits that large urban parks bring to our communities, health, and environment.
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Why turning old city bridges into new urban parks is such a great idea
Post-pandemic, finding innovative ways to eke out accessible green spaces in the urban environment is more urgent than ever.
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Spending time in nature may protect against the risk of dementia.
Spending time in nature, even as little as two hours a week, has been linked to several health benefits.
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What makes a walkable city
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.
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The Toolkit for Health, Arts, Parks & Equity
There has never been a more critical time to center health equity in our work. With the COVID-19 pandemic and the renewed importance of Black Lives Matter, public health is and has been, more than ever, a universal fulcrum for structural change. It is a lens through which we all assess the stability and fairness of society.
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Parks Week Resources
Are you ready for Parks Week this year?
The main theme of this edition is equity and inclusion. We want the parks and recreation sector to begin to get involved in these concepts to adapt them in all areas to present and future public spaces.
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2023 marks the 150th Anniversary of the Establishment of Public Parks in Japan
This 2023, Japan celebrates the 150th anniversary of “Dajō-kan Futatsu No.16 in 1873”, the government edict that decreed the establishment of public parks.
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World Parks Week 2022
World Parks Week 2022 is an opportunity for us to share how and in what ways we are connecting to the World Urban Parks 10/20/30!