Database research record2014·Global
Urban Farming and Transition Towns Initiatives: Practices and Paths of Urban Regeneration
Maurizio Bergamaschi, Marco Castrignanò, Alessandra Landi
Journal of Nutritional Ecology and Food Research
Urban Farm DB summary
This paper examines community vegetable gardens and Transition Towns initiatives. It finds that these experiences contribute to sustainable urban development, improve environmental health and quality of life, reshape urban image and morphology, and enhance cities as forms of social cohesion.