Impacts of Urban Parks on Health, Economy, Tourism, and Environment

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................4
Health impacts:............................................................................................................................4
Economic impact:........................................................................................................................5
Tourism, hospitality as well as events impact:............................................................................6
Environmental perspective:.........................................................................................................7
Social perspective:.......................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Urban park refers to a park or another incorporated spaces that offers recreation as well
as green spaces for residents and visitors. Design, operation as well as maintenance of urban
parks are usually conducted by agencies of government at a local level. Common features of
urban park involve playgrounds, running track, gardens, public restrooms, picnic facilities as
well as availability of natural features. It provides an access for recreational opportunities and
enhances value of property that are near urban parks. Apart from it, formulation of urban parks
leads to spurring of local economies and provides positive impact to an environment. Another,
benefit which is associated with creation of urban park is that it encourages an active lifestyle
among people and reduces negative health impacts. Reason is that it provides an opportunity to
people for conducting physical activities which helps in prevention of various mental as well as
physical issues that are faced by people. Apart from it, it strengthens local economy of a nation
and creates various opportunities for job related to development and implementation of urban
parks. Further, it enhances resilience of cities and improvises engagement level of community
(Cheung and Fernandez, 2020). On the contrary, implementation of urban parks also possesses
some challenges which are related to mapping of green spaces as well as understanding or
measuring its recreational or cultural usage. Further, issue related to budget constraints are also
faced in context to Urban parks. Another challenge is that it pertains lack of robust analysis of
cost-benefit.
This report is based on analysis regarding building of a new urban park, along with its
impacts. It covers identification of three perspectives, that are, health, economy and tourism.
However, main perspective for this report is regarding evaluation of impact of urban park in
association with tourism, hospitality as well as event industries.
MAIN BODY
Urban parks are areas of open spaces that are constructed of reserved for the purpose of
public usage which is beneficial in several ways. Its impact is evaluated in the three distinctive
perspectives, that are, health, economical, and tourism or environmental which are described
below: