The National Recreation and Park Association has created a new virtual library offering a collection of publicly available databases and visualizations for park and recreation professionals and advocates.
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November 7, 2022, 8:00 AM PST
By clementkhlau
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Park and recreation agencies need data to help tell their stories, answer key questions, and inform decision-making. Fortunately, the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) recently created a new Data and Mapping Resource Library that offers a collection of relevant, publicly available databases and visualizations curated for park and recreation professionals and advocates. These public resources serve as a starting point for exploring data on a variety of topics.
As NRPA’s Austin Barrett explain in this post, the library is organized by “Categories” and “Topics.” The four categories included are: 1) Social and Demographic Factors, 2) Health and Wellness, 3) Environmental Resiliency and 4) Park Access and Information. Topics are more specific and cover a range of different subject areas ranging from: “Age and Gender” to “Environmental Quality” to “Social and Economic Equity.” Users may further narrow resources by using the “Filter by” functionality on the right-hand side of the library.
A four-minute training video is also provided below that demonstrates how to access, filter and use the data resources in the library.
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