tailieunhanh - The Benefits of Parks: Why America Needs More City Parks and Open Space

Cities are engines of growth and they will be critical to our economic recovery. The Coalition Government is taking tough and decisive action to equip Britain for long-term success by restoring health to the public inances and conidence in the economy through a balanced approach led by private sector growth. But this growth will not occur in the abstract. It will be created in individual places where people and businesses work, trade and innovate. The most economically important of these places are cities and their wider economic areas, which account for 74% of our population and 78% of our jobs | As many as two thirds of the residents of Americas largest cities do not have access to a nearby park playground or open space. Why America Needs More City Parks and Open Space The Benefits of Parks THE Trust fir Public Land CONSERVING LAND FOR PEOPLE The Benefits of Parks Why America Needs More City Parks and Open Space By Paul M. Sherer Published by THE Trust for Public Land 116 New Montgomery Street Fourth Floor San Francisco CA 94105 415 495-4014 2006 the Trust for Public Land - Reprint of Parks for People white paper published in .