Report: Economic, Social, and Environmental Impact of Urban Parks

This report provides a detailed analysis of the multifaceted impacts of establishing an urban park. It explores the economic effects, including job creation, business attraction, real estate value increases, and implications for taxpayers. The environmental impact is examined, focusing on pollution reduction and sustainability. Social impacts, such as community development and gentrification, are also discussed. The report includes an executive summary, introduction, analysis of economic, environmental, and social impacts, a conclusion, and recommendations. The analysis is supported by references to books and journals, and it emphasizes the importance of location, cleanliness, and design in maximizing the benefits of urban parks. The report concludes with recommendations for optimizing the park's positive impacts on the community and environment.

Urban Park

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report is based on based on building an urban park in UK. The benefits and challenges
of opening an urban park. There is environmental, economic, social impact of opening urban
park. In the end of the report there are recommendations for the same. As all the aspects are
influenced opening a new park. It is important to evaluate all the impacts of opening a new
Urban Park. The report is supported by the conclusion.

Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
ANALYSIS......................................................................................................................................4
The Economic Impacts................................................................................................................5
The Environmental Impact..........................................................................................................6
The social impacts........................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................7
REFERNCES:..................................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals:.....................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Urban parks are also called municipal gardens. These can be defined as open space that is
full of greenery and is available for public. Common features of park include playgrounds, boat
ramps, hiking, running, gardens and fitness trails or paths, sports fields and courts, bridle paths,
public restrooms and picnic facilities. They are normally created near to urban residents so they
can use the part and take advantage (Beery, 2020). These are basically formed for the purpose of
recreation. An urban park increases the beauty of place as it surrounded by trees and plants. The
design of the park varies from the party that is formulating the park. The already existing urban
parks in UK include Richmond Park, Wollaton Park, Kelvingrove Park and Botanic Gardens
(Ayala-Azcárraga, Diaz and Zambrano, 2019). Urban Parks are like lungs in a city. The urban
parks are environmental friendly. It improves the quality of water that is vital for the place. It is
natural habitat for wildlife that supports the animals and provide them place. Families get place
to connect with nature. They enjoy family time and have fun in these parks. All the human are
attracted towards the design and natural habitat of the place. The more the gardens at a place
lesser is the chance of flood. There are various challenges that are faced at the time of building
Urban Park (Pazhouhanfar 2018). First of all it is important to find out the location for opening a
park. As the people should have access to that park. Another challenge that is faced is of
neatness and cleanliness of the park. It is vital to keep the park clean. All the people that visit the
place should find it tempting. The report is based on building a Urban Park and what are the
impact of an urban park.
MAIN BODY
ANALYSIS
The report is based on opening a new urban park in UK. Also the importance and benefits of
a park are also mentioned in the report. These parks impact the economic conditions like
employment, cost to the taxpayer of building the park and attraction of opening new business in
that locality. Also the environment also has direct impact because of opening of the park. The
society also gets impacted by urban park (Kim and Jin, 2018). All these are discussed below. In
the end there is conclusion in support of the report. There are recommendations related to the
research. Opening an Urban Park enhances the growth of trees and plants. Various other

advantages are associated with the same. Below is discussion related to the impact of Opening
Park.
The Economic Impacts
Economic impact means the effect of economic activity on the surrounding. There is
always impact of doing something new that is studied under economic impact. It includes
income, wealth, job, expenditure and other factors that are important part of economy. In this
case the local community is planning to open a urban park.
Job creation: They give rise to employment opportunities. As first of all there is
alteration in location and that is converted in the form of garden. That requires manpower. Alter
that there are swings and other things for recreation that need to be build which also needs
people to build those (Palliwoda, Kowarik and Lippe, 2017). After the park is established
various small Staller get employment. As people like to eat while they are enjoying or sitting in
park. These Staller's get good revenue as well. There are people who start entertaining activities
there. People enjoy them and pay for them. At the initial level of park large number of people is
attracted and they like to visit.
Attraction of new businesses to the area: The area where the park is established attracts
more and more people. This is taken as an opportunity by business minded people. As people
come and visit newly opened park, they can attract them towards the business. As the crowd start
visiting the park it is right time to start a new business nearby. It can be seen that the place where
urban park is established attract new business to start.
Increased Medical Cost: This is an indirect factor that impacts the economic condition.
As people visit garden and are indulged in exercise. It is common that the people who do
exercise are generally healthy. So it can be seen that the people will stay healthy and there will
be less expenditure on medical cost. It is one of the benefits that are associated with park. As
local people of the place as well as those who visit will remain healthy and fit.
Increase in value of real estate: The property and the houses are included in real estate.
As discussed above new businesses are attracted towards the place. The value of the locality
where the park is established increases (Zhang and Zhou, 2018). It is common that people like to
live at a place that has high value. Due to establishment to urban park the visit of people at the
place increases. Overall, it can be seen that the property rate nearby also increases.

Cost to the taxpayer of building the park: The local council that will build the urban
park has to pay tax to the government. The tax is a source of revenue for government. This is
also one of the impacts of the economic impact.
Increased Tax revenue: As the value of the place increases the revenue from tax also
increase. Various people like to live nearby and many individuals come and visit the park
(O'Reilly, 2019) . The value of businesses and houses of the place also increases.
Above mentioned are the economic impacts of building an urban park.
The Environmental Impact
As a new park is build there will be its impact on environment. Environmental impact
may be positive as well as negative. It varies from the activity that is being done. Below is
discussion related to building of a new urban park in UK:
Pollution: As there are new trees and plants they have impact on air pollution. As they
reduce the pollutants from the air. Trees reduce air temperature also. This controls and reduce the
effect of pollutant formation. Overall it can be seen that trees and plants play a big role in
controlling the pollution (Hong, Wang and Lan, 2019). It is always good to plan a tree. So
opening a park that has number of trees ans plants would be blessing for environment. As the
level of pollution is increasing day by day, the trees can reduce that. As pollution is creating
negative impact to environment like climate change, acid rain, global warning, health problems.
But the trees can control all these problems by directly reducing the pollution.
Sustainability: It refers to using the resources wisely and keeping the safe for the future
generation as well. It is such an important concept that is for betterment of environment.
Opening a new urban park is in support of sustainability. As discussed above the pollution is
affecting the environment is an adverse way (Zhang, Gou and Shutter, 2019). So opening a park
reduces the impact of pollution of environment. Along with that there are various other benefit of
park like they improve quality of water, prevent flooding, protect groundwater, improve the
quality of the air we breathe, produce habitat for wildlife, provide vegetative buffers to
development etc. This is how opening a new park in urban area supports sustainability.
Above mentioned are the positive impacts of building an urban park.
The social impacts
It is the impact of an activity on the society. The people living in the society. Herein, the
social impact of opening a urban park is discussed. It is a place where individuals can come and

enjoy. They like the environment, greenery, recreational activities. It is like a lace of picnic for
children.
Community development: Community is formed when various people come together
and find solution of different problems. As new park is opener in neighbourhood people would
like to visit the place. There they will sit together are discuss about the problems that they ae
facing. This will give rise to community development. As everyone is busy but if they will get a
place where they can come and sit by taking time out from the busy schedule will be
advantageous for them (Kicińska and Bożęcki, 2018). They will find new ways and solutions to
there problems. This is how a new park in urban area will help in community development.
Gentrification: It is a process of changing the character of neighbourhood by the influx
of more affluent businesses and residents. As discussed above there are various economic
benefits of opening an urban park. As urban park will attract more businesses in the area and
number of visit of people also increase. This has also lead to increase in value of property. The
point of view and life of people nearby changes. They visit the park and get socialise. They can
sit and interact with each other (Barker, et.al., 2019) . The park provides a place to neighbours to
interact with each other. Also they can discuss there problems and find solutions. Also it is a
place where children can play outdoor games and make new friends.
It can be seen that the urban park is a way to socialise people that are living nearby.
CONCLUSION
The report is based on building an urban park by local council. There are various benefits
as well as challenges that come in path of opening the park. It can be analysed that deciding a
good location that is accessible for all. Also the cleanliness of the park is important. The urban
park has economic, social and environmental impact. The park has attracted more businesses at
the place that will help in economic development. Also the value of property nearby increases. In
case of environment it is but obvious that trees are good for environment and a park is full of
trees and plants that will control pollution and is good for environment. Also it is analysed that
urban park is a god place for socialisation by the people living nearby.

RECOMMENDATIONS
From the above report it can be analysed that urban park is important for economy. There
are various benefits associated with the park. Also these are the recommendation that will
improve it further:
 The first thing that is important to study is the location for opening the park. As the place
that is decided for opening the park should be in reach of people. The park should be used
by individuals. As it would be beneficial if more and more people can come around and
visit the park . The facility is for people sop they should have proper access to it. As that
is the place where people come and form communities.
 Another important thing that is associated with urban parks is that they creating positive
impact on the environment. It is also important to maintain cleanlinesses and hygiene at
park. As the people that visit the urban park should feel happy. The place should be clean
there should not be garbage laid down here and other.
 The design and structure of the park should be in such a way that it is liked by people of
all ages. All the safety measures should be taken while designing the structure for the
park. The exercise materials and swings should be made in such a way that they are not
risky and the person using them are safe while using them.

REFERNCES:
Books and Journals:
Ayala-Azcárraga, C., Diaz, D. and Zambrano, L., 2019. Characteristics of urban parks and their
relation to user well-being. Landscape and urban planning, 189, pp.27-35.
Barker, A., et.al.,. Everyday encounters with difference in urban parks: Forging ‘openness to
otherness’ in segmenting cities. International Journal of Law in Context, 15(4), pp.495-
514.
Beery, T., 2020. Exploring access to nature play in urban parks: resilience, sustainability, and
early childhood. Sustainability, 12(12), p.4894.
Hong, X., Wang, G., Liu, J. and Lan, S., 2019. Cognitive persistence of soundscape in urban
parks. Sustainable Cities and Society, 51, p.101706.
Kicińska, A. and Bożęcki, P., 2018. Metals and mineral phases of dusts collected in different
urban parks of Krakow and their impact on the health of city residents. Environmental
geochemistry and health, 40(1), pp.473-488.
Kim, D. and Jin, J., 2018. Does happiness data say urban parks are worth it?. Landscape and
Urban Planning, 178, pp.1-11.
Li, and et.al., 2019. Residents’ ecological and aesthetical perceptions toward spontaneous
vegetation in urban parks in China. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 44, p.126397.
O'Reilly, C.A., 2019. The greening of the city: Urban Parks and public leisure, 1840-1939 (Vol.
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Palliwoda, J., Kowarik, I. and von der Lippe, M., 2017. Human-biodiversity interactions in urban
parks: The species level matters. Landscape and Urban Planning, 157, pp.394-406.
Pazhouhanfar, M., 2018. Role of space qualities of urban parks on mood change. Psychological
Studies, 63(1), pp.25-31.
Zhang, J., Gou, Z. and Shutter, L., 2019. Effects of internal and external planning factors on park
cooling intensity: field measurement of urban parks in Gold Coast, Australia [J]. AIMS
Environmental Science, 6(6), pp.417-434.
Zhang, S. and Zhou, W., 2018. Recreational visits to urban parks and factors affecting park
visits: Evidence from geotagged social media data. Landscape and urban
planning, 180, pp.27-35.