The Public Value of Urban Parks
A brief report explores how urban parks can help in everything from creating jobs to supporting public health.
June 2004
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- Author(s)
- Chris Walker
- Publisher(s)
- Urban Institute
Page Count
7 pages
Summary
Parks are more than pretty places, according to this short study, one of three policy briefs stemming from Wallace’s Urban Parks initiative. Written by the Urban Institute, the report argues that parks can help meet such urban challenges as job creation, youth development and maintaining public health.
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