Cemetery Parks (CCPE, 2010)
Graveyards are resurging as green spaces for the public. read more »
Creating and Funding Parks Publications
Converting Landfills to Parks (Places, 2006)
In a time of severe urban space and resource constraints, closed landfills present excellent new park sites and communities from coast to coast have been jumping at the chance to convert them. read more »
Covering Reservoirs with Parks (Urban Land, 2009)
Covering the reservoirs can provide much needed park space in densely populated cities. read more »
Creating Dog Parks - Without Rancor (CCPE, 2005)
In what might be the hottest trend in city parks, "Creating Dog Parks - Without Rancor" looks at how cities are adding off-leash dog areas, and how many exist in cities across the country, based on TPL's annual survey of park systems. read more »
Highway Deck Parks (CCPE, 2007)
Whether called a lid, deck, bridge or tunnel, there are already at least 20 highway parks in the country and at least a dozen more somewhere in the planning pipeline. read more »
Marketing Urban Parks (CCPE, 2010)
Secrets of the private sector: How parks and recreation agencies can flex their marketing muscles. read more »
Nature Over Traffic (Urban Land, 2007)
In the United States a movement is underway to conceal urban highways with parks. read more »
Parks Under Siege (Planning, 2008)
It is increasingly difficult for cities to preserve and protect parkland against conversion into some form of alternative development. read more »
Redevelopment Authorities and Parks (CCPE, 2009)
Parks often serve as the anchor for the old and new buildings around them so many city parks aren???t being created by park and recreation departments but rather by redevelopment authorities with the money and power to paint large on the urban canvas. read more »
Who's Going to Pay for this Park?
Many communities require developers to donate land or pay in-lieu fees ("developer exactions") for the acquisition of parkland. read more »
