WUP Member Marathon

Join Us for the World Urban Parks Member Marathon: Shaping the Future of Urban Green Spaces.

World Urban Parks Awards 2023

For the past eight years, World Urban Parks (WUP) has been a driving force behind acknowledging and honoring remarkable contributions made by individuals and organizations in the realm of urban parks, open spaces, and recreation.

Transformative Citymaking

Can urban jungles transform to become sustainable, green and equitable cities? This week on Podparks, we explore transformative citymaking with Jorge Perez Jaramillo

Green Flag Award

How can park certifications help to create better green spaces for all? This week on Podparks, we are exploring the growing niche of park awards and certifications, what they even mean, how they work, and what their implications are for parks pursuing them around the world.

CityRAP Tool

CityRAP is a tool creator by DiMSUR that develops relevant and innovative tools to improve local, national, and sub-regional capacities for reducing vulnerability and building the resilience of communities to natural and other hazards in the southern African region and beyond.

Walk’n’Roll Cities Guidebook

URBACT Thematic Programme Expert Iván Tosics and URBACT Lead Experts Roland Krebs, Claus Köllinger, and Béla Kéz are the authors of this guidebook. Which brings together good practices from across the EU with the latest urban trends, to fill the gaps and ensure that the learning is within everyone’s reach.

Regenerating coastal environments

When we think about public green, our mind sometimes goes directly towards a traditional, green park or urban forest, but beaches and wetlands and other forms of waterways are just as important.