def parse_osm_relations(relations, osm_way_df):
    """
    Parses the osm relations (multipolygons) from osm 
    ways and nodes. See more information about relations 
    from OSM documentation: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation 
         
    Parameters
    ----------
    relations : list
        OSM 'relation' items (dictionaries) in a list. 
    osm_way_df : gpd.GeoDataFrame
        OSM 'way' features as a GeoDataFrame that contains all the 
        'way' features that will constitute the multipolygon relations.
     
    Returns
    -------
    gpd.GeoDataFrame
        A GeoDataFrame with MultiPolygon representations of the 
        relations and the attributes associated with them.   
    """

    gdf_relations = gpd.GeoDataFrame()

    # Iterate over relations and extract the items
    for relation in relations:
        if relation['tags']['type'] == 'multipolygon':
            try:
                # Parse member 'way' ids
                member_way_ids = [member['ref'] for member in relation['members'] if member['type'] == 'way']
                # Extract the ways
                member_ways = osm_way_df.reindex(member_way_ids)
                # Extract the nodes of those ways
                member_nodes = list(member_ways['nodes'].values)
                try:
                    # Create MultiPolygon from geometries (exclude NaNs)
                    multipoly = MultiPolygon(list(member_ways['geometry']))
                except Exception:
                    multipoly = invalid_multipoly_handler(gdf=member_ways, relation=relation, way_ids=member_way_ids)

                if multipoly:
                    # Create GeoDataFrame with the tags and the MultiPolygon and its 'ways' (ids), and the 'nodes' of those ways
                    geo = gpd.GeoDataFrame(relation['tags'], index=[relation['id']])
                    # Initialize columns (needed for .loc inserts)
                    geo = geo.assign(geometry=None, ways=None, nodes=None, element_type=None, osmid=None)
                    # Add attributes
                    geo.loc[relation['id'], 'geometry'] = multipoly
                    geo.loc[relation['id'], 'ways'] = member_way_ids
                    geo.loc[relation['id'], 'nodes'] = member_nodes
                    geo.loc[relation['id'], 'element_type'] = 'relation'
                    geo.loc[relation['id'], 'osmid'] = relation['id']

                    # Append to relation GeoDataFrame
                    gdf_relations = gdf_relations.append(geo, sort=False)
                    # Remove such 'ways' from 'osm_way_df' that are part of the 'relation'
                    osm_way_df = osm_way_df.drop(member_way_ids)
            except Exception:
                log("Could not handle OSM 'relation': {}".format(relation['id']))

    # Merge 'osm_way_df' and the 'gdf_relations'
    osm_way_df = osm_way_df.append(gdf_relations, sort=False)
    return osm_way_df
Parses the osm relations (multipolygons) from osm 
    ways and nodes. See more information about relations 
    from OSM documentation: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation 
         
    Parameters
    ----------
    relations : list
        OSM 'relation' items (dictionaries) in a list. 
    osm_way_df : gpd.GeoDataFrame
        OSM 'way' features as a GeoDataFrame that contains all the 
        'way' features that will constitute the multipolygon relations.
     
    Returns
    -------
    gpd.GeoDataFrame
        A GeoDataFrame with MultiPolygon representations of the 
        relations and the attributes associated with them.