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Du jardinage collectif au paysagisme bénévole

Géographie et Cultures, 2017
This paper addresses the institutionalisation and normalisation of urban gardening in municipal green space policies. It uses urban gardening as a lens onto the various shapes that corporeal participation in the making of cities takes.
Marion Ernwein
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A Gardener's Influence on Urban Soil Quality [PDF]

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2018
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Simon Tresch, Simon Tresch, Simon Tresch, Marco Moretti, Renée-Claire Le Bayon, Paul Mäder, Andrea Zanetta, Andrea Zanetta, David Frey, David Frey, Andreas Fliessbach   +10 more
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No Buts About It...The Value of Urban Food Production: Response #4 to Hallsworth and Wong’s viewpoint

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
First paragraphs: In their provocative essay, Alan Hallsworth and Alfred Wong (2013) contend that academics, activists, and policy makers exaggerate the benefits of urban food gardening.
Evan Weissman
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Sowing Resilience and Contestation in Times of Crises: The Case of Urban Gardening Movements in Barcelona

Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2015
Urban gardens have been observed to multiply in response to crises. However, the meaning and motivations behind the emergence of gardening movements varies greatly over space and time.
Marta Camps-Calvet, Johannes Langemeyer, Laura Calvet-Mir, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Hug March   +4 more
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Adapting to urban gardening in China: how will policymaking help migrant and native gardeners?

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
China’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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Crisis and post-crisis urban gardening initiatives from a Southern European perspective: the case of Barcelona

, 2017
Throughout the 20th century, urban gardening in central and northern Europe as well as in North America has received a great deal of academic attention. However, the recent proliferation of urban gardening in other geographies, such as southern Europe in
March Corbella, Hug, Calvet Liñan, Laura   +1 more
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The The role of urban gardening in building city resilience to climate change

Economics and Environment, 2020
This article has two purposes. The first is to show the role that urban gardening can play in building city resilience to various negative impacts resulting from changes in the economic and social spheres and connection with global warming.
Malgorzata Burchard
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Socio-Cultural Appropriateness of the Use of Historic Persian Gardens for Modern Urban Edible Gardens

Land, 2021
Historic gardens have the ability to provide several ecosystem services in cities, including provisioning services (i.e., food production). The historic gardens in Iran (known as “Persian Gardens”) have never been considered as places that could be used ...
Majid Amani-Beni, Gaodi Xie, Qingjuan Yang, Alessio Russo, Mohammad Reza Khalilnezhad   +4 more
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Allotment gardening and health: a comparative survey among allotment gardeners and their neighbors without an allotment

, 2010
Background The potential contribution of allotment gardens to a healthy and active life-style is increasingly recognized, especially for elderly populations. However, few studies have empirically examined beneficial effects of allotment gardening. In the
van Dillen Sonja ME, Vries, S., de, Dillen, S.M.E., van, van den Berg Agnes E, Marijke van Winsum-Westra, Sonja ME van Dillen, van Winsum-Westra Marijke, Berg, A.E., van den, de Vries, S., de Vries Sjerp, Sjerp de Vries, van Winsum-Westra, M., Agnes E van den Berg, van den Berg, A.E., van Dillen, S.M.E., Winsum-Westra, M., van   +15 more
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Chitosan‐Carbon Dot Composite Materials Form a Leaf Surface Barrier to Mitigate the Enrichment and Invasion of Nanoplastics: From Leaf Interface to Systemic Response

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Foliar spraying of CS‐CDs can form a film on the leaves of Brassica rapa, effectively reducing the enrichment and absorption of PS in the leaves, while increasing the biomass and nutrient content of the plants. In addition, CS‐CDs can also enrich the interfoliar microbial community and activate the plant's own defense metabolic pathways.
Beibei Zhao, Mei Li, Mengjiao Fan, Chuanhuan Liu, Jie Jiang, Jia Song, Yingzhu Liu   +6 more
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