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The idea of allotment gardens and the role of spatial and urban planning

Matthias Drilling, Renata Giedych, Lidia Poniży, Mary Benson, Mária Bihuňová, Duarte d’Araújo Mata, Sophia Meeres, Patrick Oehler, Roberta Štěpánková, Nicola Thomas, Malou Weirich

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This chapter explores how urban allotment gardens are or could be integrated into spatial development visions and concepts in Europe. Following 1989, allotment gardens gained attention as a land-use category in spatial and urban planning. The planning of allotment gardens in the contemporary European landscape faces a contradictory situation, with urban development planning largely responsible for future scenarios.