Community Gardens: Space for Interactions and Adaptations

Agustina, Imas; Beilin, Ruth

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.03.048

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“…As table 2 reveals, six of the studies explicitly examine social capital [1][2][3][4], [18], [55], while others focus on closely related concepts or phenomena, such as networks [56][57][58][59], integration or adaption of migrants or other marginalized groups [10], [60], [61], social dimensions of sustainability [12], [62], neighborhood development [7], [8], [63], [64], and social aspects of health [65][66][67] and resilience [59], [68].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A totality of nineteen studies involve research from the US [2], [3], [7], [8], [55], [57][58][59], [61][62][63][64], [66], [68][69][70][71][72][73][74], six studies from Europe (three from the UK [1], [12], [75], two from Germany (Berlin) [5], [76] and one from Croatia [77]), four from Canada [56], [57], [65], [78], and four from Australia [4], [10], [67], [79]. This confirms a general tendency of a disproportionate mass of research from the US on urban community gardening, compared to Europe and elsewhere.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The myriad of claimed socially desirable outcomes of community gardening are at first glance impressive. These include, among other things, community empowerment and development [5][6][7], a reduced prevalence of vandalism in local areas [8], [9] social integration [5], [10][11][12][13], potential for reducing aggressive behavior in local neighborhoods [14], advancing a sense of community belonging and social networks for residents [15], [16], supporting social interactions across generations and cultural differences [4], [17], [18], greater mutual trust and civic engagement [19], and in a review of a diversity of benefits attributed to community gardens, Draper and Freedman (2010) state that numerous studies show "…positive results in regards to the production of social capital" [20, p. 479].…”

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Seeding Social Capital? Urban Community Gardening and Social Capital

Christensen¹

2017

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There is a continuing debate regarding urban community gardening's benefits to local communities, and a particularly interesting branch of this debate has focused on community gardens capacity to encourage and facilitate social interaction, which may generate social capital. Social capital is an increasingly important concept in international research and measures of social capital have been associated with various measures of health. In a meta-analysis of literature published between 2000 and 2016 regarding community gardens' social advantages, through the lens of the concept of social capital, it is demonstrated that several studies substantiate that urban community gardens create social capital, both bonding and bridging, and exhibit indications of linking. It is moreover identified how there is much to be learned from future research, illuminating how urban community gardens can foster social capital, and thus benefit cities and local communities. The meta-analysis finds that mixed methods approaches can enrich future research on how urban community gardens can foster social capital, and thus benefit cities and local communities. Particular promising would be using qualitative methods that focus on the meanings ascribed to urban garden's activities in combination with documenting the sociodemographic, ethnic, and cultural composition of the volunteers and gardeners, in comparison with the local neighborhood in general. The analysis' findings furthermore implicates there is much to be learned from more focus on the structural dimensions of social capital, in addition to the cognitive dimensions, as this would yield a more nuanced depiction of social advantages of urban community gardening.

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“…These findings were similar to Smit et al (2001) who found that the social bonding within a community and positive social inclusion can be strengthened through gardening. Furthermore, practitioners gain social interactions and indirectly develop a new relationship during gardening activity (Agustina and Beilin, 2012). However, the economic expectancy aspect has the lowest scores.…”

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“…These issues affect the quality of urban living. Agustina and Beilin (2012) state that urban farming provides spaces that make the unfamiliar familiar; re-creating the sense of belonging for migrants, either by transplanting the gardening practices or by creating a connection to the new community. According to Dahlan et al (2016) the pleasant physical environment facilitates close relationship building and increases opportunities to socialize and the chances to engage in activities.…”

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Expectancy in Urban Farming Engagement

Othman

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Ariffin

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E-BPJ

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Urban farming is seen as a sustainable practice with the social, economic and urban environment benefits. Despite the efforts by the government, there is lack of public participation in urban farming activities and challenges in sustaining urban farming participants' interest. The study is aimed at measuring urban farming participation motivations using the Expectancy Theory of Motivation which is made up of three aspects; namely expectancy, instrumentality and valence. This paper describes the findings regarding the expectancy aspect of motivation (measured by using Expectancy theory) in urban farming activity in Malaysia.

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Pivotal role of municipal wastewater resource recovery facilities in urban agriculture: A review

Wang

Sun

Kang

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Water Environment Research

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Urban agriculture provides a promising, comprehensive solution to water, energy, and food scarcity challenges resulting from the population growth, urbanization, and the accelerating effects of anthropogenic climate change.Their close access to consumers, profitable business models, and important roles in educational, social, and physical entertainment benefit both developing and developed nations. In this sense, Urban Water Resource Reclamation Facilities (WRRFs) can play a pivotal role in the sustainable implementation of urban agriculture. Reclaimed water as a recovered resource has less supply variability and in certain cases can be of higher quality than other water sources used in agriculture. Another recovered resource, namely, biosolids, as byproduct from wastewater treatment can be put to beneficial use as fertilizers, soil amendments, and construction material additives. The renewable electricity, heat, CO 2 , and bioplastics produced from WRRFs can also serve as essential resources in support of urban agriculture operation with enhanced sustainability. In short, this review exhibits a holistic picture of the stateof-the-art of urban agriculture in which WRRFs can potentially play a pivotal role. Practitioner Points• Reclaimed water can be of higher quality than other sources used in urban agriculture.• Biosolids can be put to beneficial use as fertilizers, soil amendments, and construction material additives.• The renewable electricity, heat, CO 2 , and bioplastics produced can also serve as essential resources in support of urban agriculture.

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Community Gardens: Space for Interactions and Adaptations

Cited by 73 publications

References 17 publications

Seeding Social Capital? Urban Community Gardening and Social Capital

Seeding Social Capital? Urban Community Gardening and Social Capital

Expectancy in Urban Farming Engagement

Pivotal role of municipal wastewater resource recovery facilities in urban agriculture: A review

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