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Peer-reviewed research and reports on community urban agriculture, food education, composting, welfare and more.
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Corporate Volunteering: Relationship to Job Resources and Work Engagement
2018Boštjančič E., Antolović S., Erčulj V. · Frontiers in Psychology · Poland
Investigates how corporate volunteering programs relate to job resources and work engagement, showing employees with volunteering opportunities report higher autonomy, co-worker support, and engagement, linking CSR practices to employee wellbeing.
WelfareCommunityDoes Urban Agriculture Improve Food Security? Examining the Nexus of Food Access and Distribution of Urban Produced Foods in the United States: A Systematic Review
2018Siegner A., Sowerwine J., Acey C. · Sustainability 10(9):2988 · United States
Systematic review of US urban agriculture and food systems literature. Finds strong emphasis on multiple benefits but few studies robustly measuring urban farms' impact on food security in low-income communities.
WelfareHealthCommunityThe level of household food security of urban farming and non-farming households in the informal settlement area of the Cape Town Metropole in South Africa
2018Lategan F. S., Crous M. L. · South African Journal of Agricultural Extension 46(2):89-106 · South Africa
Comparing urban-farming and non-farming households in Cape Town's informal settlements, this study finds 78% severely food insecure; urban farmers were slightly more food secure but differences were not statistically significant.
WelfareEconomicsSocial perception of urban agriculture in Latin-America. A case study in Mexican social housing
2018Nadal A., Cerón-Palma I., García-Gómez C., Pérez-Sánchez M., Rodríguez-Labajos B., Cuerva E., Josa A., Rieradevall J. · Land Use Policy 76:719-734 · Mexico
Through interviews with 65 stakeholders in Mérida's social housing, this study analyzes social perceptions of urban agriculture in low-income Latin American settings, exploring its potential for safe, nutritious food supply and social benefits.
CommunityWelfarePolicyIndia's peri-urban frontier: rural-urban transformations and food security
2018Vij S., Narain V., Karpouzoglou T., Mishra P. · IIED Working Paper, International Institute for Environment and Development · India
This paper examines rural-urban transformations in India's neglected peri-urban areas in relation to food production, access, consumption, and nutritional quality, arguing peri-urban agriculture could be a major contributor to pro-poor food security and poverty alleviation.
WelfarePolicyEconomicsPilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home Vegetable Gardening Intervention among Older Cancer Survivors
2018Bail J. R., Frugé A. D., Cases M. G., De Los Santos J. F., Locher J. L., Smith K. P., Cantor A. B., Cohen H. J., Demark-Wahnefried W. · Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 118(4):689-704 · United States
Pilot RCT of a home vegetable gardening intervention among older cancer survivors. The program was feasible and well-accepted, suggesting improved fruit and vegetable consumption, reassurance of worth, and attenuated waist-circumference increase.
HealthBuzzing on top: Linking wild bee diversity, abundance and traits with green roof qualities
2018Kratschmer S., Kriechbaum M., Pachinger B. · Urban Ecosystems, 21:429–446 · Austria (Vienna)
Monthly surveys on nine Vienna green roofs in 2014 recorded 992 wild bees of 90 species. Forage availability and fine substrates strongly boosted diversity and abundance; ground-nesting social bees and Sedum bloom-period foraging shaped a distinct rooftop bee community.
PollinatorsBiodiversity大都市郊外住宅地の再生における民間企業の参画に関する研究 －企業・住民・行政へのインタビュー調査を中心に－
2018平江 良成, 小泉 秀樹, 後藤 智香子 · 都市計画報告集 17巻2号 pp.195-201 · Japan
With an author from Tokyu Corporation, this interview-based study analyzes how private firms participate in suburban housing-area regeneration and the conditions required, arguing that developers must engage through composite services including community facilities and new business formats.
CommunityPolicyEconomics空家活用等による「東京クラインガルテン」実現方策検討調査 報告書
2018国土交通省 都市局, 八王子市「東京クラインガルテン」検討協議会 · 国土交通省 都市と緑・農が共生するまちづくりに関する調査 · Japan
Using Hachioji as a case, this MLIT report examines leveraging private vitality for vacant homes, farmland, and green space, including site visits and interviews on corporate kitchen gardens and business simulations for rental gardens around housing areas and danchi.
PolicyCommunityEconomics農業経営・交流の両面からみた農業体験農園の役割─東京都練馬区農業体験農園を事例として─
2018藤井 至, 稲葉 修武, 藤田 武弘 · 農業市場研究 27巻1号 pp.12- · Japan
Based on hearings with all Nerima experience-farm operators and user surveys, this paper analyzes how publicly subsidised experience farms support farm management and community exchange, empirically showing effects on profitability, successors and local understanding.
CommunityEconomicsFood educationPolicyElderly名古屋市農業振興基本方針 なごやアグリライフプラン
2018名古屋市 · 名古屋市 農業振興基本方針 · Japan
Nagoya's basic urban agriculture policy positioning publicly operated citizen farms — Nogomi, community and Minori gardens — and resident-farmer connections as core pillars of municipal support.
PolicyCommunityFood educationEconomicsH29年度 都市と農・緑が共生するまちづくりに関する調査 都市部未利用地のコミュニティ農園活用方策検討調査 報告書
2018特定非営利活動法人 Co.to.hana, 金田 康孝 · 国土交通省 都市と農・緑が共生するまちづくりに関する調査（平成29年度） · Japan (Osaka)
Co.to.hana's second-year MLIT study codifying how to reproduce Minna-no-uen's effects — activity data analysis since 2011, international comparables, intermediary-organisation needs, trial social-impact metrics, published as this report and at minnanouen.jp/research.
PolicyCommunityEconomicsDIYBiodiversityAssessing urban agriculture potential: a comparative study of Osaka, Japan and New York City, United States
2018Hara Y., McPhearson T., Sampei Y., McGrath B. · Sustainability Science (Springer) · Japan (Osaka)
Compares the urban-agriculture production potential of Osaka and New York City using high-resolution land-use data, quantifying the expansion potential onto vacant and underused land and the population that locally grown vegetables could support.
Urban and peri-urban agriculture in the EU
2018European Parliament Research Service · European Parliament — In-Depth Analysis IPOL_STU(2018)617468 · Europe
A comparative analysis of urban and peri-urban agriculture policy across EU member states, systematizing the impacts and challenges of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on urban farming and offering policy implications for EU-wide support.
PolicyLinking Multifunctionality and Sustainability for Valuing Peri-Urban Farming: A Case Study in the Turin Metropolitan Area
2018Gullino P., Battisti L., Larcher F. · Sustainability (MDPI) 10(5), 1625 · Italy
Evaluates the multifunctionality of peri-urban farming in the Turin metropolitan area from a sustainability perspective, presenting a method to quantify multifunctional values across food production, landscape, ecosystems and socio-culture.
PolicyBiodiversityCall for projects "Parisculteurs": catalyst for urban agriculture development on rooftops in Paris
2018Collé M., Daniel A.C., Aubry C. · Acta Horticulturae (International Symposium on Greener Cities for More Efficient Ecosystem Services in a Climate Changing World) · France (Paris)
Analysis of Paris's 'Parisculteurs' call-for-projects program based on 11-month participatory research, showing how the initiative catalyzed rooftop urban agriculture with over 48 projects on public and private buildings by 2018.
PolicyCommunityEconomicsHybrid governance tensions fuelling self-reflexivity in Alternative Food Networks: the case of the Brussels GASAP (solidarity purchasing groups for peasant agriculture)
2018Manganelli A., Moulaert F. · Local Environment · Belgium (Brussels)
Applies a Hybrid Governance Approach to the Brussels GASAP solidarity purchasing network, identifying three phases in its development and demonstrating how organizational, resource, and institutional tensions drive self-reflexivity and scaling dynamics in Alternative Food Networks.
CommunityPolicyEconomicsUrban Gardens in Greece: A New Way of Living in the City
2018Haniotou H., Dalipi E. · In: Glatron S., Granchamp L. (eds) The Urban Garden City: Shaping the City with Gardens Through History. Springer, Cham, pp. 245–268 · Greece
The chapter surveys the proliferation of urban community gardens across Greek metropolitan areas, situating their emergence in the context of economic crisis and examining their effects on urban residents' livelihoods and relationship to green space.
CommunityPolicyWelfareEconomicsMapping the Agrodiversity in Bogotá – the Platform Mapeo AgroEcoBogotá
2018Pinilla K., Hoinle B., Mahecha-Groot A., Cepeda J. · International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics · Colombia (Bogotá)
This paper presents AgroEcoBogotá, an open counter-mapping platform that cartographically documented 47 urban agroecological initiatives in Bogotá to promote visibility of the local agroecology movement and foster solidarity networks between urban and peri-urban food producers.
CommunityBiodiversityFood educationPhysical and Mental Health Impacts of Household Gardens in an Urban Slum in Lima, Peru
2018Korn A., Bolton S.M., Spencer B., Alarcon J.A., Andrews L., Voss J.G. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 15, No. 8 · Peru (Lima)
A longitudinal pilot study examining the feasibility and health outcomes of household garden implementation in a Lima urban slum, collecting anthropometric and mental health data at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months, finding positive associations with nutritional status and wellbeing.
HealthWelfareCommunityIs urban agriculture urban green space? A comparison of policy arrangements for urban green space and urban agriculture in Santiago de Chile
2018Contesse M., van Vliet B.J.M., Lenhart J. · Land Use Policy · Chile (Santiago)
This study used the policy arrangement approach to compare urban green space planning and urban agriculture policies in Santiago, finding that urban agriculture can complement (but not replace) parks as green space, provided that policy mechanisms clarify stakeholder roles and benefits.
PolicyCommunityBiodiversityIs community management of resources by urban households, feasible? Lessons from community gardens in Gweru, Zimbabwe
2018Mwakiwa E., Maparara T., Tatsvarei S., Muzamhindo N. · Urban Forestry & Urban Greening · Zimbabwe (Gweru)
This study used econometric methods to analyze participation factors in NGO-introduced community gardens in Gweru, Zimbabwe, finding that food-insecure households with strong social capital were most likely to engage in community resource management, while tenure insecurity and water access were key barriers to sustained participation.
CommunityFood educationEconomicsWelfareA Review on the Economic Feasibility of Composting for Organic Waste Management in Asian Countries
2018Sabki M.H., Lee C.T., Bong C.P.C., Klemeš J.J. · Chemical Engineering Transactions, 70:49-54 · Asia (Indonesia, China)
Cost-benefit analysis of composting operations across Indonesia, China and Asian countries, evaluating economic viability of circular economy approaches in urban farming.
CompostEconomicsOrganic cycleUrban agriculture, racial capitalism, and resistance in the settler‐colonial city
2018Nathan McClintock · Geography Compass · United States
This review proposes that the lens of "racial capitalism" can illuminate the contradictory motivations and outcomes of urban agriculture (UA). It examines how UA can contribute to racial Othering, the racialization of space, and dispossession on the one hand, while enabling struggles of resistance and self-determination on the other. The author uses this framework to address how settler-colonial logics persist in the contemporary North American city.
PolicyCommunityGrowing ‘good food’: urban gardens, culturally acceptable produce and food security
2018Lucy O. Diekmann, Leslie C. Gray, Gregory A. Baker · Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems · United States (Santa Clara County)
This research evaluates how three types of urban gardens in Santa Clara County, California—home gardens, community gardens, and community food security (CFS) program gardens for low-income families—contribute to food security using a multidimensional framework. In summer 2015, median production ranged from 26 kg (CFS participants) to 56 kg (home gardeners), enough for at least one adult to meet federal vegetable guidelines; interviews further showed gardeners valued knowledge, control, freshness, flavor, organic methods, and cultural acceptability, not just quantity.
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