28th July 2019 As the Mayor of London signs the National Park City Charter today, I’m sure there are many of us wondering what this means for our vast and fabulous capital city. As already one of the greenest cities in the world we are clearly not short of green Read more…
14th February 2019 A very enlightening article by The Independent’s ‘long reads’ section today, reflects on the current financial crisis facing Local Authorities up and down the country and considers the impact it will have on our 27,000 parks. The journalist, James Moore, originally set out to write an ode to Read more…
25th June 2018 Increasing recognition of the benefits of green infrastructure can be seen in policy and planning regarding natural spaces. Within our cities and national planning policy there are clear policies emerging to maintain and enhance our urban greenspace (as identified in Barton Willmore’s comprehensive review), however, there remains Read more…
20th June 2018 One of the strategies to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11 ‘Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’ is to provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, particularly for women and children, older persons and persons with Read more…