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BC Recreation and Parks Association
Spring Training 2013
Keynote Presentation
The Health Benefits of Parks and Green Spaces
By
Paul Allison
Thank you for all your feedback to the three questions posed at the keynote
presentation and the responses from the 184 participants. Please note the
data has been interpreted as a wordle. The larger the font the greater the
frequency of the word occurring in the participants answers.
Paul Allison 250 381-7965 paulcallison@shaw.ca
Paul Allison 250 381-7965 paulcallison@shaw.ca
Q1. What are the tangible and intangible health benefits of parks and green spaces?
Paul Allison 250 381-7965 paulcallison@shaw.ca
Q2. How would you use this information to gain support for parks and green spaces?
Paul Allison 250 381-7965 paulcallison@shaw.ca
Q3. To gain support effectively what kind of skill sets would you need and how would you develop them?

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  • 1. BC Recreation and Parks Association Spring Training 2013 Keynote Presentation The Health Benefits of Parks and Green Spaces By Paul Allison Thank you for all your feedback to the three questions posed at the keynote presentation and the responses from the 184 participants. Please note the data has been interpreted as a wordle. The larger the font the greater the frequency of the word occurring in the participants answers. Paul Allison 250 381-7965 paulcallison@shaw.ca
  • 2. Paul Allison 250 381-7965 paulcallison@shaw.ca Q1. What are the tangible and intangible health benefits of parks and green spaces?
  • 3. Paul Allison 250 381-7965 paulcallison@shaw.ca Q2. How would you use this information to gain support for parks and green spaces?
  • 4. Paul Allison 250 381-7965 paulcallison@shaw.ca Q3. To gain support effectively what kind of skill sets would you need and how would you develop them?