Urban areas face rising climate risks. The Future We Don’t Want warns that by 2050, heat, water scarcity, food insecurity, and sea level rise may affect billions.
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How Cities use Art and Culture programs
Explore how art and culture in parks foster community, revitalize spaces, and inspire vibrant, inclusive urban life worldwide.
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From León to the World: How World Urban Parks Shaped My Journey
In this inspiring reflection, Germán Enríquez shares how World Urban Parks shaped his professional path — from his early days at Parque Metropolitano de León to launching San Pedro Parques and helping host the WUP Congress.
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The Origins and Early Years of World Urban Parks
How did World Urban Parks come to be? In this in-depth article, Dr. Digby Whyte takes us through the fascinating origins and evolution of WUP—from its roots in IFPRA in 1957 to its transformation into a global movement for urban parks.
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Why-I-Got-Involved-with-World-Urban-Parks
Mark Bowater reflects on his global journey in parks, urging professionals to lead, connect, and create better cities through WUP.
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How Much Green Do We Really See? A New Way to Measure Nature in the City
Discover a new way to measure green exposure in cities with the Komorebi Index, combining street-level imagery and pedestrian data to improve urban health. Learn how this innovative method can guide smarter, greener city planning.
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The Challenges and Future of World Urban Parks: Insights from Neil McCarthy
Neil McCarthy, former CEO of World Urban Parks, provides invaluable insights into the current and future landscape of urban parks worldwide.
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What are “Sponge Cities,” and How Can They Prevent Floods?
“Sponge cities” describes urban areas with significant natural areas such as trees, lakes, and parks or other good designs intended to absorb rain and prevent flooding.
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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.
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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.
