World Urban Parks Annual Reports capture our global progress, challenges, and achievements. Explore them here and see how we’re shaping greener, healthier, and more inclusive cities worldwide.
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World Urban Parks, Needed More Than Ever
Maarten Loeffen underscores how Dutch parks reveal the need for global collaboration, with World Urban Parks driving resilience, equity, and well-being.
The National Park City Movement & North America
Join this webinar to learn about the movement that is growing across the globe. This international panel will share the history of the movement, how to become a National Park City
Welcome to the New World Urban Parks Website: A Fresh Experience for Our Global Community
Discover the new World Urban Parks website — a modern platform to connect, share knowledge, access resources, and collaborate with the global parks community.
Green Flag Award Management Plans
The Green Flag Award guide shows how management plans serve as strategic tools—driving vision, funding, and accountability in parks and green spaces.
Improving Access to Greenspace
Public Health England shows how quality greenspaces boost health, cut inequalities, build resilience, and foster social cohesion in communities.
Building Participatory Accountability Systems for City Policies
UN-Habitat explores how cities can build inclusive accountability systems, stressing citizen participation, transparency, and collaboration in urban policy.
Ten Years of Parks, People and Purpose: Part II
In part two of our special 10-year anniversary celebration, host Maria Burnett is joined by three leaders shaping the future direction of World Urban Parks: Mark Bowater, Michael Boland, and Hannah Chapman-Carr.
Complete Parks Playbook
The Complete Parks Playbook by ChangeLab Solutions guides communities to design, program, and sustain parks that are safe, healthy, equitable, and inclusive.
Equitable Impact Toolkit
C40’s Equitable Impact Toolkit helps cities assess waste policies’ social, economic, and environmental impacts, ensuring equity and cleaner urban spaces.









