Research & reports

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

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• A GIS-based Decision Support System for Neighbourhood Greening

  2003

  Todd A. Randall, Cameron J. Churchill, Brian W. Baetz · Environment and Planning B Planning and Design · Global

  A prototype decision support tool, coded as an ArcView GIS extension, is described for managing existing green spaces and establishing new ones in suburban neighborhoods. It suggests techniques like naturalization of parks and increased street foliage, and allows modeling and evaluating future scenarios for sustainable community development. The tool's applications are discussed to illustrate benefits of neighborhood greening strategies.

  CommunityBiodiversityPolicy
  Read source →DOI: 10.1068/b12970

• Inventaire des espèces végétales mises en culture dans les parcelles en milieu urbain. Cas de la commune de Limete-Kinshasa- R.D. Congo

  2002

  E. Makumbelo, L. Lukoki, Sj. Paulus, J., N. Luyindula · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)

  A survey conducted in 201 plots within the Limete commune of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, inventoried nineteen cultivated vegetable species and 764 plants from 18 fruit-tree species. Mangifera indica was identified as the most planted tree species, while Ipomoae batatas was the most frequently cultivated vegetable species.

  BiodiversityCommunityClimate changeOrganic cycle
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• Estudio de la biodiversidad en huertos agrícolas urbanos de dos municipios de ciudad de La Habana. Caracterización de las accesiones del género Vigna

  2001

  Rodomiro Ortíz, Celia Vera · Cultivos Tropicales · Cuba (Ciudad de La Habana)

  This study investigated the agricultural biodiversity in urban gardens across eight localities in the municipalities of Boyeros and Arroyo Naranjo.

  BiodiversityUrban–rural linkage
  Read source →DOI: 10.1234/ct.v22i4.675

• Wie beeinflusst die persönliche Betroffenheit die Einstellung gegenüber Füchsen in der Stadt

  2001

  Fabio Bontadina, Pascale Contesse, Sandra Gloor · DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research) · Switzerland (Zurich)

  This study analyzed attitudes towards urban foxes in Switzerland using a nationwide survey and questionnaires for households and allotment gardeners in Zurich. While 60% of Swiss respondents were against urban foxes, only 40% in Zurich were; however, 70% of gardeners opposed them, with 55% reporting damage caused by foxes, which negatively correlated with fox acceptance.

  Environmental trade-offsCommunityBiodiversity
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• The greening of the "barrios": Urban agriculture for food security in Cuba

  1999

  Altieri M.A., Companioni N., Cañizares K., Murphy C., Rosset P., Bourque M., Nicholls C.I. · Agriculture and Human Values · Cuba (Havana)

  This study analyzes Cuba's grassroots urban agriculture movement that emerged after the 1989 Soviet collapse, showing how ~8,000 gardens nationwide operated on agroecological principles without synthetic inputs, providing Havana with thousands of tonnes of produce by 1996.

  CommunityPolicyBiodiversityOrganic cycle
  Read source →DOI: 10.1023/A:1007545304561

• In Situ Conservation of Landraces in Centers of Crop Diversity

  1995

  Brush S. B. · Crop Science 35(2):346-354 · Global

  A foundational paper presenting three cases of ongoing farmer maintenance of landraces—potatoes in the Peruvian Andes, maize in southern Mexico and wheat in western Turkey—and the rationale for in situ conservation.

  Heirloom & landraceBiodiversityPolicy
  Read source →DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1995.0011183X003500020009x

• Urban horticulture: a part of the biodiversity picture

  1994

  H. B. Tukey · Cambridge University Press eBooks · Global

  This paper defines urban horticulture as the functional use of plants to improve urban environments. It states that urban horticulture contributes to screening views, food production, reducing noise and air pollution, ameliorating urban climates, and improving human well-being. The abstract notes that information on city plants often comes from observations and anecdotes, and that strategies from commercial agriculture do not always apply well to urban horticulture.

  BiodiversityHealthClimate changeFood sovereignty & justice
  Read source →DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511759406.020

• Urban Horticulture: Horticulture for Populated Areas1

  1983

  H. B. Tukey · HortScience · Global

  Urban horticulture is defined as a scientific field focused on the functional uses of plants to maintain and improve urban environments. These functional uses extend beyond aesthetics to include screening against wind and views, influencing climate, reducing noise, combating air pollution, providing food, and enhancing human well-being in densely populated areas. The audience for urban horticulture includes landscape professionals, plant societies, and amateur horticulturists.

  CommunityHealthClimate changeBiodiversity
  Read source →DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.18.1.11