10-Minute Walk
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{{Short description|Parks-advocacy movement in the U.S.}}
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The 10-Minute Walk,{{Cite web |url=https://www.10minutewalk.org |title=10 Minute Walk |website=www.10minutewalk.org|access-date=February 16, 2023}} also known as the 10-Minute Walk to a Park, is a parks-advocacy movement led by The Trust for Public Land to ensure that everyone in the United States lives within a ten-minute walk to a high-quality park or green space.{{Cite news |last=Mahamud |first=Faiza |date=October 10, 2017 |url=http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-st-paul-mayors-join-national-push-for-parks-within-10-minute-walk/450317543/ |title=Minneapolis, St. Paul mayors join national push for parks within 10-minute walk |work=Star Tribune|access-date=October 11, 2017}}{{Cite news |url=http://fox21news.com/2017/10/09/national-10-minute-walk-campaign-to-launch-in-colorado-springs/ |title=National '10-minute walk' campaign to launch in Colorado Springs |date=October 10, 2017 |last=Asperin |first=Alexa Mae |work=FOX21News.com|access-date=October 11, 2017 |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.tpl.org/10minutewalk |title=10 Minute Walk |work=The Trust for Public Land|access-date=October 10, 2017|archive-date=October 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016013850/https://www.tpl.org/10minutewalk|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news |url=http://queencreekindependent.com/sports-and-outdoors/public-encouraged-take-10-minute-walk-parks-trails-10-10/ |title=Public encouraged to take 10-minute walk to parks, trails on 10-10 - Queen Creek Independent |date=October 8, 2017 |work=Queen Creek Independent|access-date=October 11, 2017 |language=en-US|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015202348/http://queencreekindependent.com/sports-and-outdoors/public-encouraged-take-10-minute-walk-parks-trails-10-10/|archive-date=October 15, 2017}}
History and adoption
More than 300 mayors of large and small cities across the United States have committed to the goal, including the mayors of the four largest cities in the U.S.: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston. Urban parks are increasingly seen by those in municipal government as a solution to many inner-city challenges.{{Cite web |url=http://www.governing.com/gov-institute/voices/col-urban-parks-10-minute-challenge.html |title=Urban Parks and the 10-Minute Challenge |website=www.governing.com |date=October 26, 2017 |language=en|access-date=November 7, 2017}} This initiative seeks to provide physical and mental health benefits, opportunities for physical activity, proximity to nature, neighborhood and community revitalization, and environmental benefits for citizens through the creation of urban parks.{{Cite journal |last1=Han |first1=Bing |last2=Cohen |first2=Deborah |last3=McKenzie |first3=Thomas L. |title=Quantifying the contribution of neighborhood parks to physical activity |journal=Preventive Medicine |volume=57 |issue=5 |pages=483–487 |doi=10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.06.021 |pmid=23827723 |pmc=3800218 |year=2013}}{{Cite journal |last1=White |first1=Mathew P. |last2=Alcock |first2=Ian |last3=Wheeler |first3=Benedict W. |last4=Depledge |first4=Michael H. |date=April 23, 2013 |title=Would You Be Happier Living in a Greener Urban Area? A Fixed-Effects Analysis of Panel Data |journal=Psychological Science |language=en |volume=24 |issue=6 |pages=920–928 |doi=10.1177/0956797612464659 |pmid=23613211 |s2cid=28335868}}{{Cite journal |last1=McCormack |first1=Gavin R. |last2=Rock |first2=Melanie |last3=Toohey |first3=Ann M. |last4=Hignell |first4=Danica |title=Characteristics of urban parks associated with park use and physical activity: A review of qualitative research |journal=Health & Place |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=712–726 |doi=10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.03.003 |pmid=20356780 |year=2010 |hdl=1880/115554 |url=https://repositorio.ifpe.edu.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/545 |hdl-access=free}} Health studies demonstrate that an increase in exercise, including walking alone, may foster longevity in older adults.{{Cite news |last=Lapook |first=Jon |date=October 19, 2017 |title=Walking for 10 minutes daily reduces risk of early death, study says |language=en |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/study-10-minute-walk-reduces-risk-early-death-health/|access-date=October 20, 2017}}{{Cite journal |last1=Patel |first1=Alpa V. |last2=Hildebrand |first2=Janet S. |last3=Leach |first3=Corinne R. |last4=Campbell |first4=Peter T. |last5=Doyle |first5=Colleen |last6=Shuval |first6=Kerem |last7=Wang |first7=Ying |last8=Gapstur |first8=Susan M. |title=Walking in Relation to Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort of Older U.S. Adults |journal=American Journal of Preventive Medicine |volume=54 |issue=1 |pages=10–19 |doi=10.1016/j.amepre.2017.08.019 |pmid=29056372 |date=January 2018}}
The effort was adopted as a resolution at the 85th annual United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) convention in 2017 as a goal for cities to increase parks and green space as a civic responsibility.{{Cite web |url=http://legacy.usmayors.org/resolutions/85th_Conference/proposedcommittee.asp?committee=Tourism,%20Arts,%20Parks,%20Entertainment,%20and%20Sports |title=85th Annual Meeting: June 23-26, 2017 in Miami Beach - usmayors.org |website=legacy.usmayors.org |language=en-US|access-date=October 10, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129140208/http://legacy.usmayors.org/resolutions/85th_Conference/proposedcommittee.asp?committee=Tourism,%20Arts,%20Parks,%20Entertainment,%20and%20Sports|url-status=dead}} The concept has been supported by several community-based nonprofit organizations: the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA),{{Cite web |url=http://www.nrpa.org/our-work/partnerships/initiatives/10-minute-walk/ |title=10 Minute Walk |website=National Recreation and Park Association |language=en|access-date=October 10, 2017}} the Urban Land Institute (ULI),{{Cite news |url=https://americas.uli.org/press-release/nations-mayors-launch-groundbreaking-10-minute-walk-park-campaign/ |title=Nation's Mayors Launch Groundbreaking 10-Minute Walk to a Park Campaign |date=October 10, 2017 |work=ULI Americas|access-date=October 10, 2017 |language=en-US}} and Fields in Trust in the UK.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fieldsintrust.org/News/the-ten-minute-walk-and-why-its-important |title=The ten-minute walk and why it's important |website=Fields in Trust |language=en|access-date=October 31, 2021}} A ten-minute walk is considered to be {{convert|1/2|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in}}, which is the distance the National Park Service (NPS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses when they link park access and public health.{{Cite web |author=Merriam, D. |author2=Bality, A. |author3=Stein, J. |author4=Boehmer, T. |year=2017 |title=Improving Public Health through Public Parks and Trails: Eight Common Measures. Summary report. US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and US Department of the Interior, National Park Service. |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/RTCA/GetAsset/f09e69fc-2696-45e8-b4d5-90e4cea5e689|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007013115/https://npgallery.nps.gov/RTCA/GetAsset/f09e69fc-2696-45e8-b4d5-90e4cea5e689|archive-date=October 7, 2017|access-date=October 2, 2021 |website=npgallery.nps.gov}}
The first city in the U.S. to achieve a 10-Minute Walk to a park for every resident was San Francisco.{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2017 |title=San Francisco Becomes First City in Nation Where All Residents Live Within a 10-Minute Walk to a Park {{!}} Office of the Mayor|url=https://sfmayor.org/article/san-francisco-becomes-first-city-nation-where-all-residents-live-within-10-minute-walk-park|url-status=live|access-date=October 11, 2017|website=sfmayor.org|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618104128/http://sfmayor.org/article/san-francisco-becomes-first-city-nation-where-all-residents-live-within-10-minute-walk-park |archive-date=June 18, 2017 }}{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Lizzie |date=May 16, 2017 |title=SF 1st city in nation with a park 10-minute walk from every home |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-1st-city-in-nation-with-a-park-10-minute-walk-11150987.php|access-date=October 10, 2017}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://parkserve.tpl.org/ ParkServe] - an open, comprehensive database of park information for 14,000 cities across the U.S.