Design Guidance for Green & Thriving Public Spaces by C40 Cities is a practical, neighbourhood-scale handbook for city staff, planners, architects and community leaders to improve the provision and quality of public spaces.
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Redevelopment Project – Route Along Venice Lagoon
This article takes you inside the details of the project, highlighting eco-friendly materials, innovative public space solutions, and a model of sustainable development where people and nature thrive together.
World Urban Parks Annual Reports Repository
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.
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.
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.
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.
A Partnership Approach to Open Spaces and Biodiversity in Westminster
Westminster showcases a collaborative model where authorities, communities, and stakeholders unite to protect biodiversity and keep green spaces accessible.









