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The Right to the Sustainable Smart City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Environmental concerns have driven an interest in sustainable smart cities, through the monitoring and optimisation of networked infrastructures. At the same time, there are concerns about who these interventions and services are for, and who benefits ...
Baggio Aline   +10 more
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String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence on the contribution of community gardens to promote physical and mental health and well-being of non-institutionalized individuals: A systematic review.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
IntroductionThere has been growing interest in community gardens as an effective and affordable health promotion strategy. However, most available evidence is derived from qualitative studies, whereas quantitative research on this subject is limited ...
Tarsila Lampert   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kindred Gardens: Gardening for Seniors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Kindred Gardens: Gardening for Seniors is a program that was recently developed to offer stimulating gardening activities to seniors through a five-part series of hands-on classes.
Gelley, Christine
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Insurgent participation: consensus and contestation in planning the redevelopment of Berlin-Tempelhof airport [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Despite decades of debate, participatory planning continues to be contested. More recently, research has revealed a relationship between participation and neoliberalism, in which participation works as a post-political tool—a means to depoliticize ...
Hilbrandt, Hanna
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Understanding teacher agency in the context of school‐based climate change and sustainability education: A case study of the experiences of teachers and school students in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on teacher agency as a conceptual framework, we explored the extent to which school teachers in secondary schools in England achieve agency in relation to teaching climate change and sustainability. This research provides a novel approach to understanding the relational and emergent qualities of teacher agency by bringing together ...
Nicola Walshe, Elizabeth A. C. Rushton
wiley   +1 more source

Garden access and barriers for low-income community members

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Gardening can be an important source of fresh food for impoverished households, yet people experiencing food insecurity in the United States often lack access to any form of garden.
Cherish Duerst   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Putting Healthy Food on the Table [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
IMPACT. 1: Vinton County residents have very limited access to fresh fruits and vegetables. This project will hold gardening classes, and establish a community garden and container gardening to increase access to produce. -- 2.
Fickle, Darla
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Community Gardening: Benefits Focused Strategies

open access: yes, 2012
Throughout history humans have had varying degrees of interaction with nature and natural environments. This interaction has shaped our species in almost every way possible from our physical traits to our behaviors and places we have chosen to occupy ...
Tellschow, Joseph Zaanan
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