Research & reports

Peer-reviewed research and reports on community urban agriculture, food education, composting, welfare and more.

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• Bestimmung des Gehaltes ausgewählter Lebensmittel an Blei, Cadmium, Kupfer, Zink und Eisen

  1988

  M. Krelowska‐Kulas · Food / Nahrung · Poland (Kraków)

  An investigation using atomic absorption spectroscopy in Kraków, Poland, found that vegetables from urban allotment gardens had average levels of lead, cadmium, copper, zinc, and iron several times higher than control samples from farms 100 km away. In some cases, maximum levels of certain elements approached the admissible limit. However, average levels of lead and cadmium in pigs and cattle showed no reason for objection.

  Contamination & food safetyHealthCommunity
  Read source →DOI: 10.1002/food.19880320703

• The Joys of Gardening: Collectivist and Bureaucratic Cultures in Conflict

  1985

  Michael S. Jamison · Sociological Quarterly · Global

  This study assesses the organizational cultures of collectives and bureaucracies within the urban gardening movement, finding serious underlying differences despite government assistance. Although government agencies provided resources and established projects, collectives and bureaucracies interpreted the urban gardening experience differently. This divergence in understanding the benefits and structuring the experience reveals a source of potential bureaucratic/collectivist conflict.

  Governance failureCommunityPolicy
  Read source →DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1985.tb00239.x

• A study of common crop pests in allotment gardens around Leeds

  1979

  Howard J. Atkinson, Naomi Gibson, Harry C. Evans · Plant Pathology · United Kingdom (Leeds)

  A survey of 140 growers across 12 allotment sites around Leeds, UK, identified a wide range of crop pests, with brassicas, potatoes, and carrots being more frequently damaged. Soil samples from 33 plots at 10 established sites and 6 plots at 2 new sites revealed potentially damaging levels of pale potato cyst nematode in 21 and 1 plots, respectively. Widespread overwintering populations of carrot fly larvae and pupae were also found in soil samples from eight sites.

  Contamination & food safetyCommunityBiodiversityHealth
  Read source →DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1979.tb01122.x

• Allotment gardens in the Lublin downtown in the spatial and urban planning context – origins and issues concerning their preservation

  1970

  Natalia Przesmycka, Rafał Strojny · Teka Komisji Architektury Urbanistyki i Studiów Krajobrazowych · Poland (Lublin)

  This article examines allotment gardens in downtown Lublin, Poland, from a historical, architectural, and landscape perspective, focusing on the oldest garden, "Nasza Zdobycz nad Bystrzycą." It identifies that city-center allotment gardens are at risk from commercial development and discusses the increasing alienation of owners and progressing devastation of these areas. The study also attempts to explain these issues and suggests design applications for revitalization.

  Governance failureCommunityPolicyUrban–rural linkage
  Read source →DOI: 10.35784/teka.1777