Calls for greener, healthier cities are everywhere these days. Defra's draft nature plan for England promotes the concept of 'natural capital' and the role of urban green spaces in fostering wellbeing and economic vibrancy, while the Design Council is conducting a survey on healthy placemaking for built environment professionals. Elsewhere, a campaign to classify London as a National Park City involves giving away 100,000 maps of the capital's parks and green spaces this summer; numerous events at Open City's GreenSky Thinking week (15-19 May) will showcase ways to green London and an urban tree conference in Birmingham earlier this month devoted an entire day to trees and health. Then there are robust, bottom-up initiatives such as the Dalston Curve and Newham's Cody Dock.
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