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
Urban Farm DB summary
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.