This document summarizes a workshop presented to parks and recreation associations on the health values of parks. The 26 participants from several countries were asked 3 questions about the health benefits of parks, how to promote those benefits, and what actions they would take. Their answers were analyzed to create "wordles" showing the most common words. The workshop facilitator encourages contacting him with any other questions or thoughts.

1. THE HEALTH VALUES OF PARKS
Presented to the
by
Paul Allison
October 24th 2013
© 2013

2. THE
HEALTH
VALUES
OF
PARKS
GROUP
WORKSHOP
Facilitated
by
Paul
Allison
This
workshop
was
presented
jointly
to
the
Alberta
Recreation
and
Parks
Association
and
the
International
Federation
of
Parks
and
Recreation
Administrators
at
their
annual
conference
in
Lake
Louise,
Alberta,
Canada
on
October
24th
2013.
The
26
participants
came
from
a
variety
of
working
backgrounds
and
there
was
representation
from
Canada,
Japan,
South
Africa,
New
Zealand,
Finland,
Australia,
and
Britain.
During
the
workshop
component
of
the
presentation
the
participants
were
asked
the
following
questions:
Q1.
What
are
the
health
values
of
parks
and
green
spaces?
Q2.
How
can
we
utilize
the
idea
of
health
values
to
protect
and
develop
parks
and
green
spaces?
Q3.
What
kind
of
actions
are
you
going
to
take?
Their
answers
to
these
questions
led
to
the
creation
of
the
following
'wordles'.
Please
note
the
larger
the
font
the
greater
the
frequency
of
the
words
appearing
in
their
answers.
If
you
have
any
thoughts
or
enquires
please
contact
me
at
paulcallison@shaw.ca

3. Q1. What are the health values of parks and green spaces?

4. Q2. How can we utilize the idea of health values to protect and develop parks and green
spaces?

5. Q3. What kind of actions are you going to take?