Park Access More Than Just Proximity As a park planner, I think often about ways to improve park access in the communities I serve. Typically, park access is measured in By Clement Lau, AICP, DPPD Departmental Facilities Planner Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Originally posted on the NRPA Blog, October 14, 2021 https://www.nrpa.org/blog/park-access-morethan-just-proximity/
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terms of the percentage of residents in a community living within a half-mile or 10-minute walk of a park. Thus, a key strategy to improve park access is the creation of new parks in neighborhoods with few or no parks so that more people can more easily get to a park. FALL 2021 • CALIFORNIA PARKS & RECREATION
