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A longtime critic of Atlanta’s BeltLine explains how the popular network of parks has increased inequality in the city and driven out lower-income residents.
Turning a disused Victorian railway bridge into an elevated walkway and garden has the potential to rejuvenate a forgotten part of the city.
In cities across Europe, 62% of the population doesn’t have access to the amount of nature the World Health Organisation recommends.
Park policy must reimagine parks as more than a contributor to property value and consider how they can be used as community resources.
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Professor in Environmental & Landscape Planning, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure
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Research Professor ISGlobal Barcelona and Professorial Fellow, ACU Melbourne, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University
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Associate Professor, Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University
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Lecturer in urban planning and design, University of Manchester
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Affiliate Researcher, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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Professor of Urban Studies, Georgia State University
