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Bringing the countryside into the city centre

[Student architect Alan Clark talks about parks around the world]
Most people in the world live in cities. But city life isn’t always great – it’s often too hot to spend time outside in the summer, there’s pollution from traffic and there are signs everywhere saying that people can’t ride skateboards or bikes. However, green spaces can bring the countryside into city centres and really make people’s lives better.
I played in my local park as a child, but I never thought about how important it was to me. Then, at sixteen, my uncle invited me to stay with him in Valencia during the school holidays and took me to the Jardín del Turia. This amazing park is over seven kilometres long and until 1986 it was just empty land after the river flooded the whole city. It now has space for walking, social areas for chatting and even a playground.