Published in spring 2017 by
The Trust for Public Land
The Trust for Public Land is a U.S. nonprofit organization with a mission to "create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come". Since its founding in 1972, the Trust for Public Land has compl ...
, ParkServe is a platform for tracking and mapping urban park access across the United States. The comprehensive database includes 14,000 cities, impacting a population of over 160 million people.
The database is to be used by residents and planners alike, by providing information about parks closest to home as well as statistics about the number of people living within a 10-minute walk from a park.
[{{Cite news, url=https://www.infodocket.com/2018/05/10/research-tools-parkserve-database-and-interactive-mapping-website-unveiled-by-the-trust-for-public-land/, title=Research Tools: ParkServe Database and Interactive Mapping Website Unveiled by The Trust for Public Land, work=LJ infoDOCKET, access-date=2018-08-16, language=en-US] This allows for residents to advocate for park creation while helping to keep planners informed about where parks are most needed, and the demographic of the people it will serve to address inequity.
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ParkServe
Databases in the United States