The spotlight During the COVID lockdowns of 2020, people in cities all over the world were desperate to get outside. As ...

A thriving city doesn't appear overnight. Collaboration between official city departments and its citizens is what, Papp ...

These informal green spaces can support biodiversity and offer rare freedom to explore, ... Examples include the creation of a temporary park in Ballarat Street, Yarraville in 2012.

For example, in the 1930s and '40s, the group purchased four lots along Main Street between Sabbath Day Path and the Green, turning them over to the town in 1957, Hughes said.

Edinburgh has a profusion of community projects injecting energy and optimism into abandoned and underused spots in the city. Key to these is a desire to keep such places within the public domain and ...

Exposure to green spaces has previously been linked with better cardiovascular health and lower rates of mortality. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

New research underlines the importance of green space access as an alternative to spending time on screens, described as watching television, playing video games, and non-school related computer use.

These green spaces are not intended to be attractions to draw people from outside the neighborhood but as small natural amenities for those living nearby. The Dallas Greening Initiative has an ...

Closer to home, there are many examples of railway land being used informally as green space. One site, in the Melbourne suburb of Northcote, has become a makeshift trail used by walkers, dog ...