Impact of Urban Parks: Analysis, Recommendations, and Benefits

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of urban parks, examining their effects on health, the environment, and society. It begins with an executive summary and then dives into a detailed analysis section, exploring the benefits and challenges of urban parks from these three distinct perspectives. The analysis utilizes research to support the identified impacts, covering health impacts such as stress reduction and increased physical activity, environmental benefits like improved air quality and reduced pollution, and social impacts including community engagement and increased social interaction. The report concludes with recommendations aimed at maximizing the benefits and minimizing the challenges associated with urban park development, offering practical strategies for local councils. The report emphasizes the importance of urban parks in enhancing public health, preserving the environment, and fostering social connections within communities. This report is a valuable resource for understanding the multifaceted roles urban parks play in modern urban development and provides insights into how to optimize their positive impacts.

Report- minimizing the
challenges of the urban park

Executive Summary
This report has contained crucial information related to Urban park and the way it impact
on health and well-being of people. Moreover, it has included three different perspective in
order to analysis the way Council can developed Urban parks so that maximum number of
people can get benefits. Urban park impact on health and well being of individuals as they are
able to have open place to have fun, enjoyment, exercise and leisure. So, it contribute in reducing
overall stress level and maintaining good health of people. From perspective of environment, it
helps in maintaining green or more trees in society. While from social view, it helps in building
strong connection between several individuals. At last this report has highlighted various
suggestion that council can used to promote Urban park.

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Analysis .................................................................................................................................1
Health impact..........................................................................................................................1
Summary of analysis section..................................................................................................4
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................4
Recommendation....................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Urban park can also be known as municipal park or public park that offers recreation and
green space to various visitors and residents so that they can have fun and enjoyment. There are
numerous challenges as well as benefits enjoyed by council while developing urban park so that
public can come and have fun (Urban park, 2021).
There are several pros as well as cons of urban parks. Such as pros of Urban park are it
lead in community wellness, cleaning the air and providing a place to students to have fun and
entertainment. On the other hand cons of urban parks is that lack of open and green spaces and
moreover it adds more cost. The report has being made with an aim to understand the way
development of new urban impact health, environment and social.
This report has highlighted key information related to analysis of the way building of a
new urban park impacts health and recommends ways in which benefits can be maximized and
challenges can be minimized. Furthermore, it has consisted of information related to 3 distinct
perspective in order to understand the impact of development of urban parks. Three perspective
has been included in the report that is environment, social and health of individuals.
MAIN BODY
Analysis
This section focus on impact of urban parks on health of individuals from the
perspective of environment and social. It illustrate importance of development of urban
parks in city so that people can live healthy lifestyle and stay fit for longer time frame . It
can be stated that urban parks are open space for community in which different people can come
and have leisure or relax, so they are most vital and needs to present in specific towns and cities
across the worldwide. These parks in United States as well as in Europe were appeared in 19 th
century which is known as hygienist movement. Playground, sport fields and public restrooms
are some of the features include in public parks that directly depend upon amount of budget of
the council. At the same time after industrialization revolution, there are various large populated
countries that are facing challenges related to poor quality of life and unhealthy living conditions
(Woo and Suh, 2020). So, construction or development of Urban park initiated by council will
lead in more green areas, physical and psychological well- being. The way building of new
urban park by council has impacted on health and well- being of people that are living in society
can be illustrated or analysed as follows:
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Health impact
In modern scenario, there are various individuals that are facing high chronic stress,
environmental hazards and insufficient physical activities so development of urban park will
contribute in minimising the same. The council needs to take major steps in order to develop an
urban park as it contribute directly in improving public health by reducing the mental stress of
people to large extend. As people in morning and at time of evening can come to urban parks to
have walk and reduce their stress level for better health and well- being. Individuals or kid feel
more energetic and positive after coming to urban parks by playing games, having fun with other
children (Liu and et.al., 2019). Moreover, it also helps in increasing physical activities, making
quality of life of several individuals better so that they can stay healthy and fit for longer time
frame. Through research, it has also analysed or find out that urban park also lead in increasing
social interaction among several individual that belong to different belief, view and thoughts.
Such as people from different places come to urban park to have a walk or refreshment and
relax their stress level by having interaction with various individuals (Why Are Parks Important?
2020). Satisfaction level of people to live and enjoy environment also increased as they feel
more relaxed and positive by coming to urban park for different purposes. It can also be stated
that urban park reduces risk related to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and obesity thereby
people can life better lifestyles (van Aalst, and Brands, 2020). Thus, more green environment
contribute in making happy, satisfied and development of positive attitude among people.
Thereby in another words it can be said that urban parks leads in building social capital by
creating a sense of place where several individuals can have fun and enjoyment.
From the perspective of Health
It can also be interpreted that Urban parks helps in preserving and purifying the
environment by saving and making optimum utilization of available resources so that people can
enjoy and have fun. It leads in development or grow of various trees that provide shelter, shade
and a place to people to have leisure in order to release their stress level to more extend. At the
same time it has been identified that it protect cities from environment impact by enhancing
health and well-being of individual. Such as building of urban parks reduce in maintenance of
healthcare as people are more healthy and fit due to regular physical exercise. Green spaces that
is more trees in urban parks resulted in reducing water pollution, filter rain and decrease rates of
waterborne illness (Mardiastuti, 2020). There are numerous task or activities that are play by
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people in urban parks such as playing basketball, walking with an dog or having picnic that
helps in enjoying the leisure time. Along with leisure amenities, there are various others benefits
that are provided by urban parks such as direct contact with nature, clear environment, social
interaction and opportunities for physical activities. As per the survey held by American public
health association 75% of adults believes that urban parks are important for addressing the issue
related to America's obesity crisis (How Cities Use Parks to Improve Public Health – AWS,
2020).
From the perspective of environment
It can be understand that from the perspective of environment, Urban parks helps in
cleaning air as it has been identified that around 7111000 tons of toxins from the air thereby
providing more healthy environment to people to stay healthy and fit (WHY CITY PARKS
MATTER, 2021). It helps in creating green space in countries that are highly polluted for better
health of several individual. Furthermore, it has been identified that Urban parks lead in
reducing ultraviolet radiation and noise that are created from road traffic. It also leads in creation
of sort of oasis for both animal as well as plant thereby impacting environment in positive
manner. Council takes various steps to maintained and preserve parks so that more number of
tourist can be attracted in the country for having fun and entertainment. Thereby, it can be stated
that trees present in urban parks helps in controlling temperature and humidity thus better
environment for people to stay (Uniaty, 2018.). Air pollution is major concern for most of the
urban areas as it has lead in various diseases among people so large amount of tress present in
parks leads in reducing overall air pollution and better lifestyles to people. Moreover, more well
infrastructure or place where diverse range of individuals can come and realize their relative
stress level to large extend by meeting and sharing feeling with others (Hekmatniya and et.al.,
2020). From the perspective of environment, urban park has resulted in improving water quality
and protect groundwater. Therefore, it can be clarified that council through building new urban
parks can contribute to environment by saving tress, reducing air pollution and space to people
to have fun and enjoyment.
From the perspective of social
It can be illustrated that importance part of urban and community development as they
are ideal place where people of every age can have fun and entertainment thereby reduce their
stress faced during the day. They are meeting place of various neighbours and all age group
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people in evening as well as morning for different purposes. Moreover, urban parks lead in
community engagement is process of working collaboratively with various people. They feel
connected with the communities or important part of the country that resulted in more
productivity and rewarding. It has also being identified that urban parks also lead in promotion
of art as well as cultural program. Green space is not equally available to all people as there are
various individuals with low income group that are exposed to live in poorly maintained or
unsafe environment that adversely impact on their health and well-being. So, as per their
perspective, it contributes in mitigating health inequality by providing a better space to all
individual to life (Buondonno and Russo, 2017). Like it contribute in improving pregnancy
outcome as it resulted in reducing risk of low birth weight that is major issue for infant mortality
rate. There are many evidence which illustrated that green space or urban parks encourage more
physical activity, intake of healthy food by people and improve social well-being. It leads in
reducing depression and stress among people as they can come in Urban parks and have their
stress realize thus people can live healthy lifestyles for more time frame. Helps children in
learning as many of kids are unable to learn with classroom so parks contribute in easily learning
them new and new method for their personal development (Mohd Nasir, 2017). Urban parks
also result in increasing overall community engagement and reduce crime rates by providing
additional support. Therefore, it can be interpreted that from social perspective, building new
urban park by council will helps in developing strong relationship with key individual and
promotion growth and development of economy.
Summary of analysis section
There are several things which can be easily summarized from the above analysis related
to the perspective of people towards the development and maintenance of urban parks by
council. Nowadays, parks are recognized as powerful tools for local economies and urban
communities as it contribute in maintaining health of several individual and positive impact on
environment as well as social. It can be illustrated that Urban parks are crucial for maintaining
good health and well-being of people as it is place where they can relax, have fun and
entertainment (Yücel, 2019). They play important role in preserving environment and providing
various health benefits to people living in society so that they can stay health for many years. So,
it can be summarised that council needs to put its best efforts in order to develop urban parks for
better environment and society.
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Conclusion
From the above study there are various points which can be easily concluded that
there are impact of development of urban park on health and well-being of people. At the same
time it also contributes in maintaining safe and healthy environment by protecting natural
resources or developing more and more trees. Therefore, it can be stated that overall parks are
necessary for countries as they provide maximum benefits to people by realizing their stress
level and enhancing their lifestyles. The section can also focused on the way Urban park
development can be promoted in the society.
Recommendation
From the above analysis of three different perspective related to development of Urban
park it can be stated that there are various challenges as well as benefits that are faced by council
which needs to be removed so that people can enjoyed more healthy lifestyles. Therefore various
suggestion related to minimising challenges and maximising benefits of Urban park can be
illustrated as follows:
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1. It can be suggested that council needs to make urban park that include more greenery and
space so that people can easily take rest and realise their daily stress. Like it must have a
playground, athletic field and various other facilities so that people can enjoy and have fun.
2. Moreover, it can be recommended in order to maximize the benefits related to benefits of
development of Urban park and minimize the challenges council needs to ensure that parks
is developed in centre of city or areas where people can easily come and have walk, play
games or meet with diverse individuals (Yiping and Campus, 2017).
3. The council is also facing challenges related to limited availability of financial resources
therefore it needs to identify alternative sources and the way it can be optimum utilised so
that maximum benefits can be given to people. So, it is suggested that council needs to find
various sources from which council can raise fund and meet all expense related to
development of park so that maximum facilities can be delivered to people.
4. The urban parks need to involve equipment related to exercise, large space for people to
play several games in order to enjoy and have fun. So, Council by adding numerous
facilities, growing more trees and make use of equipment can attract maximum number of
people and provide positive impact on environment and society.
Therefore it can be stated that all the above recommendation can be used by council to
promote development and growth of Urban park for benefits of people that are living in society.
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filtering on diversity, structure, and morphology of ant assemblages in urban park. Urban
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