Ornamental Plants and Urban Gardening [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Urban green areas serve both the mental and physical health of the people living in the settlements; therefore, the ornamental plants used on green areas currently have a prominent role in reducing the effects of climate change and urbanization, as well ...
László Orlóci, Albert Fekete
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The Influence of Urban Gardening Activities on Participants' Perceived Restorativeness, Resilience, Sense of Community and Stress. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2023 This study aimed to investigate the influence of urban garden activities on participants’ perceived restorativeness, resilience, sense of community, and stress reduction.
Kim HR, Oh WS, Kim JG, Shin WS.
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Land, 2022 The nature and impacts of living in urban settings are gaining their saliences in developed and developing countries alike, particularly during the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the crisis, the wellbeing of urban society became intertwined with
Diana Harding +5 more
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Invited Perspective: Assessing the Contaminant Exposure Risks of Urban Gardening: Call for Updated Health Guidelines. [PDF]
Environ Health Perspect, 2021 Gardening: Call for Updated Health Guidelines Eri Saikawa,1,2 and Gabriel M. Filippelli3,4 Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of ...
Saikawa E, Filippelli GM.
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Creating Local "Citizen's Governance Spaces" in Austerity Contexts : Food Recuperation and Urban Gardening in Montréal (Canada) as Ways to Pragmatically Invent Alternatives. [PDF]
Urban Aff Rev Thousand Oaks CalifWhile there is a growing interest in citizen-led initiatives, there is still no consensus on how to situate them, especially in relation to state institutions.
Bherer L, Dufour P, Montambeault F.
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Survey data on home gardeners and urban gardening practice in Pune, India [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2019 The role of home gardens as productive green spaces in emerging megacities has so far been neglected when addressing pathways for sustainable urban development.
Ingo Zasada +2 more
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Urban gardening – an integrative approach [PDF]
The Holistic Approach to Environment, 2019 This paper opens the following question: Is urban gardening a fashion trend, utopia or our future? The aim is to examine the literature and practice to find the answers to the above question respecting the integrative approach.
Nenad Židak +1 more
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Adapting to urban gardening in China: how will policymaking help migrant and native gardeners?
Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsChina’s current urban gardening promotion policies mainly focus on community gardens and lack in-depth research on the differentiated needs of different urban gardeners.
Yusi Xie, Zhong Xing
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Green Gardening Practices Among Urban Botanists: Using the Value-Belief-Norm Model
SAGE Open, 2023 Recently, the increase in urbanization has momentously intensified the climate issues in urban centres. A large number of the population is vulnerable to climate change living in urban areas all over the world.
Abdullah Al Mamun +4 more
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Development of organic fertilizers from food market waste and urban gardening by composting in Ecuador. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2017 Currently, the management of urban waste streams in developing countries is not optimized yet, and in many cases these wastes are disposed untreated in open dumps.
Jara-Samaniego J +9 more
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