IUFRO Spotlight #13 – Urban Park Perks’ Research Rounded Up & Rated
Urban Park Perks’ Research Rounded Up & Rated
Floodplain forests in Leipzig, Germany. Photo Matilda Annerstedt.
Green areas and parks provide many benefits to urban spaces. That’s what people have said for years – but without an awful lot of evidence to back it up.
Now there is an evidence-based report, Benefits of Urban Parks: A systematic review, offering some support to that assertion.
The recent study, one the authors believe is a first-of-its-kind, draws conclusions based on green space related research published in a number of top-level scientific publications.
It offers a comprehensive and critical assessment that evaluates the strength of the evidence supporting a series of park benefits. Read more…