Community gardening in Stockholm: participation, driving forces and the role of the municipality

Bonow, Madeleine; Normark, Maria

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“…Therefore, their study was classified as both long-term participation and as a single project. Too short lease contracts, of only 1 year at a time (Bonow and Normark, 2018) or 3 years with potential renewal, but with commercial development always being prioritized over gardening (Ghose and Pettygrove, 2014), were identified as threats to long-term participation, since it takes time to grow crops and develop a garden (Bonow and Normark, 2018). The importance of longer lease contracts as a way to support long-term participation in UGS management has been highlighted previously by Mattijssen et al (2017).…”

Section: Discussion Participation Approaches For Long-term Participationmentioning

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“…Two of the three community garden studies classified as single projects in Figure 5 describe temporary gardens situated on land designated for future housing development. Some of the community gardens studied by Bonow and Normark (2018) only existed for a year, while others lasted longer. Therefore, their study was classified as both long-term participation and as a single project.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Striving for Inclusion—A Systematic Review of Long-Term Participation in Strategic Management of Urban Green Spaces

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Hagemann

Sang

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Front. Sustain. Cities

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This systematic review contributes to the research field of user participation by suggesting a new holistic approach comprising a cyclic process model for long-term participation in the strategic management of urban green spaces, including analysis, design, and implementation phases, each followed by an evaluation. User participation in urban green spaces is encouraged in international conventions. Such initiatives aim to involve citizens more closely in decisions regarding local spaces, based on the premise that this will create better, more inclusive, and sustainable local environments. However, a social inclusion perspective is largely absent in the growing body of European scientific literature on urban green spaces. Further, user participation processes are often carried out within projects, with uncertainties about which strategic management phase (planning, design, construction, and/or maintenance) to emphasize and about the long-term sustainability of project-based participation. Therefore, the literature was examined for tools for participation with the focus on participation of local users in the strategic management of urban green spaces, and in particular, marginalized groups. A systematic review based on peer-reviewed scientific papers revealed the necessity for adapting participation processes to the known needs of different participant groups, including those of marginalized groups often excluded in the past. Local authorities have several pathways to socially inclusive and long-term participation. These include choosing and employing a suitable participation approach, anchoring repeated project-based participation in existing municipal long-term strategies, continuously supporting participating users and evaluating ongoing participation processes, and employing a mix of participation types and approaches. The “cyclic process model for long-term participation in strategic management of UGS” presented in this paper could guide such efforts.

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Section: Discussion Participation Approaches For Long-term Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Striving for Inclusion—A Systematic Review of Long-Term Participation in Strategic Management of Urban Green Spaces

Fors

Hagemann

Sang

et al. 2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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“…For example, for those areas regarded as food deserts (Wang et al, 2014), and its influence on diet and nutrition (Castro et al, 2013; Grier et al, 2015), may be specific to certain local contexts, so not possible everywhere. Some articles in this themed issue extend the academic debate in this way: Bonow and Normark (this issue). provide insight into a Swedish case study, finding that CFG makes a limited contribution to Stockholm's vision of a ‘sustainable city’, while Jackson (this issue) explores the production of social capital in community gardens in one UK city.…”

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The problems, promise and pragmatism of community food growing

Maughan

Pedersen

Pitt

2018

Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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Alongside associated forms of socially and politically conscious food production, community food growing is routinely connected to a wide range of social and environmental benefits. However, robust evidence in support of these associations remains scant, and while the conversation has shifted in recent years to take account of the sometimes unintended or negative aspects of these activities, no consensus has been reached about how such forms of food growing should adapt to new conditions, or be scaled up to maximize their positive impacts. A July 2016 conference was organized to address this strategic shortfall. This themed issue presents the papers resulting from the conference.

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“…Various forms of urban gardens, such as edible forest gardens, allotment gardens, etc., organized as community gardens may contribute to social capital (Firth et al, 2011) and a sense of place (Bendt et al, 2013). In a recent study by Bonow and Normark (2018) on community gardens in Stockholm, the many social qualities generated are highlighted versus the rather small amount of food produced.…”

Section: Community Gardening In Urban Areasmentioning

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Salutogenic Affordances and Sustainability: Multiple Benefits With Edible Forest Gardens in Urban Green Spaces

Stoltz

Schäffer

2018

Front. Psychol.

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With increased urbanization, ecological challenges such as climate change and loss of biodiversity, and stress-related disorders globally posing a major threat to public health and wellbeing, the development of efficient multiple-use strategies for urban green spaces and infrastructures is of great importance. In addition to benefits such as climate and water regulation, food production, and biodiversity conservation, green spaces and features have been associated with various health and wellbeing outcomes from a psychological perspective. Research suggests links between exposure to green environmental qualities and restoration from psycho-physiological stress and attention fatigue, promotion of physical activity, increased neighborhood satisfaction and even reduced mortality. Especially strong associations have been observed in urban and socio-economically challenged areas. Usually such salutogenic, i.e., health-promoting, effects are explained through theories related to the notion of biophilia, i.e., the idea that humans share innate tendencies to attend to natural environments and features that have been beneficial during evolution. This paper assumes an ecological approach to perception and behavior to be fruitful in order to analyze the salutogenic potential of environments such as urban green spaces and to step beyond the “green vs. gray” dichotomy that has been prevalent through much of the research on health-promoting environments. Through an analysis of environmental affordances for certain perceived qualities such an approach is explored through a proposed concept for urban green space use and management, the edible forest garden. Such gardens, based on agroecological principles, have emerged as one of the most promising models regarding ecologically sustainable food production. In addition to potential contributions of importance for urban sustainability and biodiversity, we argue that the inclusion of edible forest gardens in urban green spaces – today globally dominated by lawns – also potentially could reinforce several affordances of salutogenic importance, both in terms of, e.g., social cohesion but also in regard to restoration from psycho-physiological stress and attention fatigue. Increased opportunities for contact with nature and processes of food production may also reinforce pro-environmental behaviors in the population and thus also affect long-term sustainability.

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Community gardening in Stockholm: participation, driving forces and the role of the municipality

Cited by 27 publications

References 42 publications

Striving for Inclusion—A Systematic Review of Long-Term Participation in Strategic Management of Urban Green Spaces

Striving for Inclusion—A Systematic Review of Long-Term Participation in Strategic Management of Urban Green Spaces

The problems, promise and pragmatism of community food growing

Salutogenic Affordances and Sustainability: Multiple Benefits With Edible Forest Gardens in Urban Green Spaces

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