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Fruit gardens enhance mammal diversity and biomass in a Southeast Asian rainforest [PDF]
, 2016 Protected areas are frequently inhabited by people and conservation must be integrated with traditional management systems. Cultivation of fruit gardens is a low-impact agroforestry technique which alters the structure and composition of forest stands ...
Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa +4 more
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The motivations and experiences of community garden participants in Edinburgh, Scotland
Regional Studies, Regional Science, 2018 This paper presents the perspectives of participants from three Community Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland and investigates the role that food growing plays in their recreation and leisure activities, personal development, the development of their children
David McVey, Robert Nash, Paul Stansbie
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EDIS, 2016 A community garden is a great way to unite a group of people in a common goal. In addition to providing fresh herbs, vegetables, and fruit, community gardens can also increase self-esteem, beautify a neighborhood, and create an opportunity for ...
Adrian Hunsberger +2 more
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Reclaiming Urban Space: A Study of Community Gardens in Poznań
Quaestiones Geographicae, 2018 In this paper, we discuss the presence of community gardens in urban spaces and the types of activities performed there, using the city of Poznań as a case study. First, based on interviews with representatives of selected non-governmental organisations,
Maćkiewicz Barbara +2 more
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From sanctuaries to prefigurative social change: creating health-enabling spaces in East London community gardens [PDF]
, 2016 How do community gardens impact the psycho-social well-being of marginalized groups in urban settings? And to what extent are they examples of prefigurative social change, understood as the development of social relations that prefigure a more equal and ...
Campbell, Catherine +1 more
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Growing Food, Sharing Culture at the Rainbow Community Garden in Winnipeg, Canada
Canadian Food Studies, 2020 The Rainbow Community Gardens in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is a community project that supports immigrant and refugee families and helps them to grow their own food.
Laura Lucas, Fabiana Li
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Gardens in a postsuburban region
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2022 Considerable research has examined the changing values and governing approaches of urban community gardens since the nineteenth century in the United States. However, few studies exist for community gardens located in postsuburban contexts. This study
Eiji Toda, Edward Lowe
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Functional Analysis on Bali Botanical Garden for Society [PDF]
, 2019 Bali Botanical Gardens as one of the government agencies that play a role in conservation, research, education, tourism, and environmental services, have a great responsibility for the conservation of biodiversity in Indonesia.
Akbar, T. (Taufik)
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University Food Gardens: A Unifying Place for Higher Education Sustainability [PDF]
, 2015 This research describes the key characteristics of campus food gardens and investigates their contribution to overall campus sustainability. An email-survey of fifty-two campus garden managers in North America provided quantitative and qualitative data ...
Duram, Leslie A, Klein, Sydney K
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Categorizing urban commons: Community gardens in the Rhine-Ruhr agglomeration, Germany
International Journal of the Commons, 2018 Urban gardening has become a growing international movement. Many urban gardens are established, organized, and managed collectively as commons. Particularly in developed countries, these community gardens (a subset of urban gardens) emerge not only in ...
Nicole Rogge, Insa Theesfeld
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