| Period and year | Known movements | The most important conducted activities | Classification of urban system of the activities |
| First period (1700 to 1850 A.D.) | Bulldozer urban development park building | Élysée boulevards of Paris religious ways of Rome American parkways | Physical, environmental, social |
| Second period (1850 to 1900 A.D.) | Beautiful city | Boston park system | Physical, environmental, |
| Third period (1900 to 1950 A.D.) | Open space planning | Green space network in Germany Greenways of England | Environmental |
| Fourth period (1950 to 1980 A.D.) | Environmental movement | Wisconsin ecological network Design with nature Greenway projects in Singapore and Malaysia | Physical, environmental, |
| Fifth period (1980 up to now) | Greenway sustainable development | European Greenways Association London greenm strategy global activities of greenway | Physical, environmental, social |