Paying for parks eight models for funding urban green spaces

Paying for parks eight models for funding urban green spaces - London CABE 2006

Strategic context -- Eight models for funding urban green spaces -- Traditional local authority funding -- Multi-agency public sector funding -- Taxation initiatives -- Planning and development opportunities -- Bonds and commercial finance -- Income generating opportunities -- Endowments -- Voluntary sector involvement -- Can the eight models work here? -- Applying the funding models

Examines the main ways of funding the management and maintenance of urban green spaces and parks. Considers eight funding models used in the UK and internationally, and argues that funding is vital to avoid a gradual decline in the quality of parks and green spaces. Concentrates on publicly owned land and looks at models for organisations working in this context.

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