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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"community gardens"”.
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Ethnicity, Nature, and Community Gardens
… the use and design of New York City (NYC)’s community gardens, and how the social processes that characterise community gardening influence gardeners’ notions of ethnicity. The study examines the dialectical relationship between nature and culture in community gardens from the theoretical …
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Making Community Gardens Thrive: A Systematic Study of Factors Affecting the Development of Community Gardens in Greater Victoria
Community gardens around the world are increasingly recognized by the governments and the public for their socio-cultural and ecological benefits. They face a broad range of challenges, including land access, volunteer management, resources, and funding. By adopting the framework of agency and …
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Wellbeing impacts of sustainably designed community gardens: A capability approach
In early 2011 there were over 1782 community garden sites officially registered with the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens. In addition to promoting healthy food and healthy eating, many of these sites contain a number of sustainable design features and associated activities. They also …
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Food Insecurity in the District of Columbia: Do Community Gardens Help?
… per 10,000 residents (Sustainable DC, 2019). Community gardens are sometimes referred to as part of the solution to food insecurity. This study explored if there was an intersection between community gardens and food security in Washington, DC. Through qualitative interviews and an inductive …
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Measuring the Impact of Community Gardens on Property Values in Austin, Texas
… is to determine whether close proximity to a community garden impacts single family residential property values in Austin, Texas. The data used in this study were gathered from 200 homes from middle- to upper- class neighborhoods near 10 community gardens in Austin, Texas. Multiple regression …
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Cultivating Resilience: The Contribution of Community Gardens during COVID-19 in Pomona, California
… of the different functions and meaning of community gardens to social-ecological resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Spring of 2021, I conducted mixed method case studies on informal and formal community gardens in Pomona, California. Qualitative methods included open-ended …
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Bridging the Gap: Community Gardens as a Supplement to Senior Adult Food Assistance Programs
… of alternative sources of nutrition such as community gardens could be critically important to maintaining a stable level of food security. The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of using a community garden as a supplemental food assistance tool for congregate meals sites …
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Growing Food Security: The Impact of Community Gardens on Food Security in Denver, Colorado
<p>Community gardens increase mental health, physical health and social inclusiveness and cohesiveness, while directly connecting gardeners to their environment. In some U.S. cities gardens additionally increase community and individual food security by providing fresh food to those who struggle to …
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Building community health from the ground up: community gardens and food insecurity in North Carolina
Community gardens are a potential option to help alleviate food security problems. This research evaluated North Carolina community garden cases that are in operation within counties where food security is a significant problem. The research sought to understand if North Carolina community garden …
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GROWING 'COMMUNITY', PLANTING RESPONSIBILITY, SOWING GOVERNMENTALITY: SINGAPORE'S COMMUNITY GARDENS AS SPACES OF INCLUSIONS AND EXCLUSIONS
Using the `Community in Bloom? (CIB) community gardening project established by the Singapore National Parks Board (NParks) as a case study, this thesis addresses the ways in which the `community? has been conceptually and empirically studied in relation to inclusions and exclusions. By proposing …
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Beyond pastoralism : through community gardens to a model of sustainable design and a metaphor of integration
… to these principles. And it suggests how community gardens may begin to serve as both, a productive metaphor which integrates cities and "nature," and a model for sustainable design. In order to view cities within "nature," it is necessary to discard popular idealizations of "nature." The …
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Growing pains : dealing with excess demand and the conflicting benefits of community gardens in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Community gardens are one of the most popular uses of vacant space in the United States; there are likely over 6,000 operating in the country today. Although only a tiny portion of the population has ever participated in one, people applaud them for a range of benefits including community …
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Evaluating the Potential Public Health Impact of Community Gardens in a Health Disparate Region: A case study approach
While community gardens (CG) have emerged as a popular public health strategy to improve fruit and vegetable access and consumption, few studies provide evidence-based principles to inform the initiation and maintenance of CG. Grounded in Community-based Participatory Research and guided by the …
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Fertile ground: Community gardens in a low-income inner-city Chicago neighborhood and the development of social capital among African Americans
… Americans who were developing and maintaining community gardens in an inner-city Chicago neighborhood. Despite a variety of barriers (e.g., limited resources, violence, moral dangers, toxic soil, transient, and aging population), residents come together to care for garden plots on vacant lots. …
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Community in the garden in the community : the development of an open space resource in Boston's South End
… a permanently protected type of open space, the community gardens in Boston's South End began in the early 1970's as an effort to utilize vacant land in what was a predominantly low-income neighborhood. Since then, the South End has experienced steady gentrification and is now one of the most …
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Understanding people’s perceptions and attitudes toward community garden landscape in Roanoke, Virginia
… economic, and social imbalances in several ways. Community gardens have become a trending interest to minimize the negative consequences of the modern agriculture system, especially in food insecure disadvantaged neighborhoods. Although community gardens have numerous economic, environmental, and …
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The Role of Leadership for Community Building and Community Garden Programs
Community gardens play a valuable role in creating places where people can socialize; share knowledge, experiences, and mutual interests; and improve food security. As previous research has shown, effective leadership is a prerequisite to community building in garden programs. However, relatively …
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Addressing Food Insecurity and Developing Social Resources Through Community Garden Projects In Low-Income Areas: Qualitative Interviews with Outreach Coordinators From Three Urban Agriculture Organizations
… in these areas. Agriculture endeavors, such as community gardens and urban farms, have a significant potential to decrease these deficits. First, this thesis will address how social inequalities, which are products of structural power, prevent the poor from being properly fed and discuss how …
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Addressing Food Insecurity and Developing Social Resources Through Community Garden Projects In Low-Income Areas: Qualitative Interviews with Outreach Coordinators From Three Urban Agriculture Organizations
… in these areas. Agriculture endeavors, such as community gardens and urban farms, have a significant potential to decrease these deficits. First, this thesis will address how social inequalities, which are products of structural power, prevent the poor from being properly fed and discuss how …
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