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A Mixed Method Study to Inform the Implementation and Expansion of Pop-Up Parks for Economic, Behavioral, and Social Benefits

Journal of urban health, 2020-08, Vol.97 (4), p.529-542 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

The New York Academy of Medicine 2020 ;The New York Academy of Medicine 2020. ;ISSN: 1099-3460 ;EISSN: 1468-2869 ;DOI: 10.1007/s11524-020-00434-w ;PMID: 32613496

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  • Title:
    A Mixed Method Study to Inform the Implementation and Expansion of Pop-Up Parks for Economic, Behavioral, and Social Benefits
  • Author: Winter, Sandra J. ; Sheats, Jylana L. ; Salvo, Deborah ; Banda, Jorge A. ; Quinn, Jennifer ; Rivera, Brooke Ray ; King, Abby C.
  • Subjects: Business districts ; California ; Central business districts ; Cities ; Economics ; Epidemiology ; Exercise ; Health Informatics ; Humans ; Installation ; Medicine ; Medicine & Public Health ; Mental health ; Open spaces ; Parks ; Parks & recreation areas ; Parks, Recreational - organization & administration ; Physical activity ; Property values ; Prospective Studies ; Public Health ; Qualitative analysis ; Qualitative Research ; Real estate ; Restaurants ; Sales ; Sales taxes ; Social factors ; Social Interaction ; Social interactions ; Summer ; Taxation ; Urban areas ; Urban planning
  • Is Part Of: Journal of urban health, 2020-08, Vol.97 (4), p.529-542
  • Description: The availability of parks and urban green spaces has been associated with a number of benefits, including increased physical activity, improvements in mental health, increases in social interactions, improvements to the environment, and increases in property values. The installation of temporary pop-up parks in urban areas is one way for urban communities to obtain these benefits. In this mixed-methods study, quantitative and qualitative data were gathered by researchers, the city council, a local investment company, and community residents that informed the initiation, iteration, and incremental expansion of a series of temporary, summer pop-up parks in the downtown business district of the City of Los Altos in Northern California over a 4-year period (2013–2016). Results showed that the parks were visited by a large, multigenerational group of users who engaged in leisure-time physical activity, shopped at local stores, attended programed events, and socialized with others. Direct observation and survey data gathered in year 2014 also indicated that foot traffic into businesses directly fronting on a pop-up park ( n  = 8) was higher during a 4-day period when the park was in place, as compared to a similar 4-day period before the park was installed. The majority of downtown business owners/managers reported no decrease in sales compared to the month before the pop-up park was installed. City sales tax data indicated increases in year-on-year sales tax revenue in the summer quarter of 2014 and 2016 compared with the year (2015) when there was no downtown pop-up park. Perspectives of community residents collected before, during, and after the installation of the pop-up parks indicated that the pop-up park created a vibrant space in an otherwise underutilized area that was enjoyed by a variety of people in a host of ways (e.g., children playing, families relaxing, people shopping and eating at downtown stores and restaurants, people of all ages attending scheduled park events). These results informed a number of discussions and meetings between key stakeholders about the pop-up parks, culminating in a temporary park that was held in a new location in 2017 that was substantially larger in size, installed for a longer time period, cost more, and had more scheduled park events. Results from this prospective investigation of the initial impacts of pop-up parks in this urban location provide insights regarding the potential benefits and viability of such temporary parks for residents and businesses alike.
  • Publisher: New York: Springer US
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1099-3460
    EISSN: 1468-2869
    DOI: 10.1007/s11524-020-00434-w
    PMID: 32613496
  • Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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