Research & reports

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

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• 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 agriculture for sustainable cities: using wastes and idle land and water bodies as resources

  1992

  Jac Smit, Joe Nasr · Environment and Urbanization · Global

  This article describes how urban agriculture can transform cities from mere consumers of food and agricultural products into sustainable generators of these products. It focuses on using wastes and idle land and water bodies as resources to achieve resource conservation and health improvement.

  CommunityOrganic cycleClimate changeFood sovereignty & justice
  Read source →DOI: 10.1177/095624789200400214

• 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

• Short-loop living

  1974

  Sam Love · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · Global

  This paper discusses contemporary industrial societies' reliance on extensive resource networks and proposes an alternative: moving towards self-sufficient small loop and flow systems. It describes examples of short loop arrangements in urban agriculture and solar energy housing, advocating for decentralization and diversity.

  Organic cycleFood sovereignty & justiceClimate change
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• MA Defence: “Cultivating Resistance? Urban Sustainability, Neoliberal-†ism, and Community Gardens†By Gonen Steinberg

  1969

  Sibo Chen · Stream Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication · Global

  This record announces the MA thesis defense of Gonen Steinberg, titled "Cultivating Resistance? Urban Sustainability, Neoliberalism, and Community Gardens," which took place on March 25th, 2015. The abstract provided is the title of the thesis itself.

  CommunityClimate changePolicy
  Read source →DOI: 10.21810/strm.v7i1.112