
Safer Parks: Improving Access for Women and Girls
Parks are essential for all of us but are less used by women and girls due to concerns about safety, health and wellbeing impacts.

Parks are essential for all of us but are less used by women and girls due to concerns about safety, health and wellbeing impacts.

The parks for London organization has put together extensive research and consultation to find out how to improve safety for women and girls in parks.

Listen to a segment of “Taking your Professional Career to the Next Level”, a panel discussion delivered by Marteen Loeffen at last year’s World Urban Parks Congress.

As mentioned in the article written by M. Martínez Euklidiadas:
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.

This week on Podparks, we are joined live by Linda Hwang and Bianca Shulaker of Trust of Public Land to discuss TPL’s exciting new ParkScore report released today.

A study realized by a team at the Barcelona Institute for global health (ISGlobal) suggests that Planting more trees could mean fewer people die from increasingly high summer temperatures in cities.