2024-11-22
29 分钟We assess all the benefits that public green space brings to a city, visit one of the most German cities in Canada to see how the town glockenspiel brings residents together and investigate the ancient art of letter carving. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hello, and welcome to the Urbanist, Monocle's program all about the built environment.
I'm your host, Andrew Tuck.
Coming up, parks are truly superfoods for communities.
They're places to play and be active and healthy.
They help provide spaces for neighbors to meet each other and help combat loneliness and isolation.
And they can help cool neighborhoods and act as sponges and help really establish a sense of place and welcoming in our cities.
We put the spotlight on parks as we assess the full length and breadth of benefits that a public green space can have on a city.
Then we head to one of the most German cities in Canada to see how the town glockenspiel brings residents together.
And finally, we investigate the ancient art of letter carving to find out how this craft is being nurtured and passed on to future generations.
That's all coming up over the next 30 minutes here on the Urbanist with me, Andrew Tuck.
In September this year, the US Based Trust for Public Land released new research exploring how city leaders are attracting new companies and encouraging new development through expanded investments in public parks.
The power that public green space has is not surprising for us here at the Urbanist.
But at a time when office vacancy and downtown decline weighs heavy on the minds of those involved in building better cities, seeing the data behind the effect that parks can have is truly invaluable.
To learn more about this research, Monaco's Carlota Rebella was joined recently in the studio by Bianca Clark, Senior director and Parkes Initiative lead at Trust for Public Land.
Carlotta began by asking Bianca where the idea to produce this study came from.
The Trust for Public Land is a national nonprofit, and we work to build parks and protect land for people to ensure healthy, livable communities.
So we partner with communities to help build parks, trails, schoolyards, and also provide a roadmap and support for cities to help build strong and sustained park systems.
And we do this because parks are truly superfoods for communities.
They're places to play and be active and healthy.
They help provide spaces for neighbors to meet each other and help combat loneliness and isolation.