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Database research record2025·Brazil (São Paulo)

Mapeamento de hortas urbanas comunitárias no município de São Paulo, SP

Lúcio Lorandi de Toledo, Renata Ferraz de Toledo

Periódico Técnico e Científico Cidades Verdes

Urban Farm DB summary

A case study in São Paulo, Brazil, mapped 152 urban gardens in public spaces, identifying 114 as community gardens. These gardens are predominantly distributed in peripheral regions, coinciding with areas of high socio-environmental vulnerability and food insecurity. The analysis concluded that despite their good geographic distribution, the productive volume of these gardens is assumed to be insufficient to significantly impact access to fresh food in these communities.

Extracted facts

2 facts

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  • 152 gardens

    mapped garden count(sao paulo urban gardens)

    Social
    region
    São Paulo, Brazil
    year
    2025
    method
    QGIS 3.40.4, dados do GeoSampa e Sampa+Rural
  • 114 gardens

    community garden count(sao paulo urban gardens)

    Social
    region
    São Paulo, Brazil
    year
    2025
    method
    subconjunto classificado como comunitário, das 152 hortas mapeadas

Direction of conclusions

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  • Food securityMixedWith caveats