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Database research record2022·Germany (Bamberg)

Continuity and Change: Socio-Spatial Practices in Bamberg's World Heritage Urban Horticulture

Heike Oevermann, Daniel Keech, Marc Redepenning, Li Fan, Patricia Alberth

Urban Planning

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The German city of Bamberg offers lessons on how continuity and change interact within the context of inner-urban commercial horticulture, informing sustainable urban transformations in historic cities. Urban food production in Bamberg is not just well-established but a consistent, centuries-old cultural structure influencing the city's fabric. This study discusses what forms of urban horticulture were evident from Bamberg's past and which may prevail in the future.