Seeds of Change: Transforming China's Abandoned Urban Corners

Urban Farm DB summary

This article profiles Clover Nature School, led by Professor Yuelai Liu, which is converting abandoned urban spaces across China into community gardens. The initiative has established over 1,000 gardens nationwide, with Shanghai aiming for 2,040. In one Urumqi case, a neighboring restaurant's monthly revenue rose from 120,000 to 180,000 yuan after a garden was created.

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• 120,000–180,000 cny↑ Increase

  monthly revenue change(neighboring business)

  EconomicsControl: restaurant revenue before vs after adjacent community garden (Urumqi case)

  region

  Urumqi

  method

  case study

• 1,000 gardens

  number of gardens(community gardens)

  Social

  region

  China (nationwide)

• 2,040 gardens

  planned gardens(community gardens)

  Policy

  region

  Shanghai

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• Community cohesionSupports