Social and Health Benefits of Parks


In this session participants will learn about the impacts of urbanization on communities’ physical and social health around the world. Using case studies from Johannesburg, South Africa, and from other international locations, this webinar will provide examples of the challenges park managers face during an era of rapid urbanization and population growth. Participants will gain knowledge of strategies used to maximize social and physical health benefits to communities.

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In this session participants will learn about the impacts of urbanization on communities’ physical and social health around the world. Using case studies from Johannesburg, South Africa, and from other international locations, this webinar will provide examples of the challenges park managers face during an era of rapid urbanization and population growth. Participants will gain knowledge of strategies used to maximize social and physical health benefits to communities.

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About the Presenter

Emmanuel Maphorogo, Regional Manager, Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo

Webcast Format

This webcast was conducted through online conferencing software and captured for future viewing. This webcast includes a digital recording of the presentation and a download of the presentation.

Course Completion

To be awarded an electronic certificate of completion for attending or viewing this webcast, you must successfully complete a brief assessment to demonstrate your understanding of key course concepts.

Be able to:

  • Understand the social and health benefits of parks and open spaces in urban areas
  • Understand how urbanization is growing and impacting the livelihoods of communities
  • Have knowledge of different strategies to maximize physical and social health when developing public parks and open spaces

Aired: 11 January 2017

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This Professional Development Webinar Series brought to you by World Parks Academy & World Urban Parks

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If you do not wish to earn CEUs for this webcast, you do not need to register and may attend the webinar by simply clicking here.

Reviews

Great CourseReview by Addison
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I very much enjoyed this course. It provided perspectives of parks I had not considered. (Posted on 5/3/2020)
Amazing Program Review by Kendra
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Great content and engaging course material! (Posted on 4/19/2020)
Innovative Review by CH
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Videos are a great way to teach the courses, more colors and lively talking will give the viewers a reason to be active listeners and want to learn. (Posted on 4/5/2020)
StrongReview by SJ
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Extremely informative. I appreciate the content. (Posted on 3/27/2020)
Good Content, but webnair issuesReview by Robert
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The content was good however there were issues with the archivied webinar. The presenter lost audio/internet for sevaral minutes and it was left in. As this was a recording it would be nice if it was edited. Otherwise I appriciatied the content presented by Mr. Maphorogo. (Posted on 1/27/2020)

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