Access to good-quality public spaces can help to improve our physical and mental health, encouraging us to walk, play sport, or simply to enjoy a green and natural environment.
Creating opportunities for physical activity can play a part in
encouraging healthier lifestyles.
Many of the areas along the Clyde Waterfront have populations
which suffer from poor health. Our plans for the Green Network Projects need to
focus on the specific recreational needs of these people.
Our plans are to improve existing green spaces, develop new ones
and improve the connections between these important places, so that
people can really benefit from them. The Clyde-wide Green Network
strategy will help to connect individual projects into the
wider plan.
The strategy will seek to provide access to a range of
recreational activities including walking, cycling, play provision
for children and sporting activities. Key assets such as the
National Cycle Route, the Clyde Walkway, the River Kelvin Walkway
and the Forth and Clyde Canal offer considerable potential to
encourage this.