A pocket park is a small park accessible to the general public. Pocket parks are often created on vacant urban land or small irregular lots. They can also be created as a component of the public spatial requirement of large building projects.

Small parks can increase the value of homes around the park, as concluded by a study conducted in Greenville (South Carolina), South Carolina (United States).[1]​.

Australia

An example of a pocket park is Balfour Street Park.[2]​.

Chili

In Santiago de Chile, the first pocket park (plaza de pocket) was created next to the La Moneda Palace on Morandé Street.[3]​ It was an initiative of the Department of Architecture of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure of the Regional Government of Santiago.[4]​.

USA

In Columbus, Ohio, Polaris Founder's Park opened in 2011 and features a 20-foot-tall sculpture.

In Los Angeles, where there are restrictions requiring registered sex offenders not to live near parks, local officials planned three pocket parks to drive "undesirable" from a given area.[5]​.

Mexico

In Mexico City, there is a municipal program to create up to 150 pocket parks of 400m2 or less on vacant land or even on land that was part of a large intersection, such as Jardín Edith Sánchez Ramírez and the Pocket Parks of the Colonia Del Valle (Federal District) "Colonia Del Valle (Federal District)") [6]​.

United Kingdom

In England, a project to involve the local community in the creation and management of pocket parks was launched in 1984, and several pocket parks have been created in Northamptonshire.[7]​[8]​.

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