Essays about: "community gardens"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 essays containing the words community gardens.

1. 1. Cultivating connections: exploring the impact of community garden on social cohesion : in a socio-economic disadvantaged neighbourhood in Sweden

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Reham Ghallab; [2024]
   Keywords : Social cohesion; social capital; community garden; socio-economic neighbourhoods; segregation;

   Abstract : The study delves into the interplay between the social dynamics of the community garden space and broader socio-political forces, exploring how these factors mold practices and interactions within the community garden, thereby influencing social cohesion. Despite the apparent segregation, Tensta Garden serves as a catalyst, inspiring residents to construct relationships, actively participate, and cultivate connections and shared experiences. READ MORE

3. 2. Garden-based learning in teacher education in Germany - A mixed-method study of teacher students´ and teacher educators´ views on garden-based education

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

   Author : Lena Rothe; [2023-01-09]
   Keywords : garden-based learning; teacher education; food system education; case study; learning garden;

   Abstract : Aim: This study focuses on achieving an in-depth understanding of teacher educators' and teacher students' perspectives on garden-based learning in the teacher education program in several universities in Germany. Theory: The theoretical framework is based on three theories. READ MORE

4. 3. Intermediate Community Use during Brownfield Remediation Phytoremediation’s Applicability Analysis in the Post-Industrial City of Malmö

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Rie Chimura; [2022]
   Keywords : applicability analysis of phytoremediation; brownfield remediation; intermediate community use; landscape architecture; post-industrial city of Malmö;

   Abstract : The general understanding of brownfield is a contaminated site often due to former industrial occupation. Brownfields are the environmental issue and redevelopment target in post-industrial cities, and the situation of Malmö, a former industrial city, is no exception. READ MORE

5. 4. Urban agriculture initiatives: Understanding the role of citizens in sustainable development

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Natalia Varsami; [2022]
   Keywords : Community engagement; urban agriculture; social entrepreneurship;

   Abstract : Within a highly complex and interconnected system of cities, community involvement tools that engage citizens in developing the urban context could move towards more sustainable solutions while bringing social change. Literature shows that urban agriculture conducted in the form of shared community gardens can be a significant component of sustainable community development strategies, particularly in disadvantaged neighbourhoods (Ohmer et al, 2009). READ MORE

6. 5. Growing home together: An eco-phenomenological study of urban wild-gardeners’ experience of insects

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Florina Cianga-Christophersen; [2022]
   Keywords : sustainability science; eco-phenomenology; wild-gardening; more-than-human; the Flesh; embodied experience; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Assumptions about humankind’s separation from the rest of life on Earth have fuelled worldwide environmental destruction and a subsequent widespread loss of abundance and biodiversity amongst insects. As insects are vital to the health of the biosphere, a reconciliation of humans with the natural world is in due season. READ MORE