The urban area or region’s entire footprint, its hinterlands and beyond must be included.
There must be significant projects, places and achievements that you would be proud to show visitors and each other.
In addition, to become a recognised National Park City your urban area will need to be a city according to the OECD definition of a city (including being inhabited by at least 50,000 people) or that is both officially recognized as a city in your country and by our international assessors.
Be a place, a vision and a community that aims to be greener, healthier, wilder and fairer.
Have large-scale and long-term ambitions that can be achieved through many actions.
Co-create and champion a city-specific National Park City Charter
Develop your own National Park City goals and action plan, informed by the National Park City Charter.
Everyone can benefit and contribute every day.
People from across your urban area who come from a diverse range of backgrounds, and have a wide range of personal and professional interests and skills, are aware, supportive and actively involved.
Your initiative has an increasingly positive and harmonious relationship with the places it influences and is interdependent with.
You have grown a robust, collaborative and healthy network of cross-sector organizations to implement actions to make the National Park City a success.
The majority of people in your urban area support the key aims of your Charter.
Appropriate government authorities through consent, investment and/or partnership.
Established and emerging cultures and behaviors of people, including an appetite, energy and mood in the city with the potential to deliver key aspects of your Charter.
Meaningful policies to protect, increase and enhance nature, culture, heritage, the environment and public space in the city.
Policies in your urban area that further the spirit and values of the National Park City movement.
Have a good understanding of the biological, cultural and social landscapes that make the city unique.
Continuously engage in exploration, discovery and understanding of itself.