Professor, Landscape Architecture, History, and Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
Historian of design, urban landscapes, and women as professionals. Author of books on women in landscape architecture, post industrial landscape design, and editor of collections on river cities/ city rivers and now urbanism. Founding director of Urban@UW, a research collaborative
Parks help cities – but only if people use them
Nov 26, 2018 17:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
In cities, access to parks is strongly linked with better health for both people and neighborhoods. Children suffer higher rates of obesity when they grow up in urban areas without a park in easy reach. Because...
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