Essays about: "urban gardening"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 68 essays containing the words urban gardening.

  1. 1. Stadsodling i Hamnparken, Nyhamnen Malmö : undersöker Torontomodellen som beslutsstöd för potentiellt förorenad mark

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Lova Hambraeus; Karin Stureson; [2024]
    Keywords : bly Pb ; fytoremediering; markanalys; miljöföroreningar; Nyhamnen; PAH; stadsodling; Torontomodellen;

    Abstract : Befolkningen ökar och städer blir tätare. Detta skapar ett behov av att utöka matproduktionen och stärka livsmedelsförsörjningen i staden, samt bygga upp platser för mental hälsa och social interaktion. Ett möjligt sätt att göra detta är genom att börja stadsodla. READ MORE

  3. 2. Designing intermediate community use during Brownfield phytoremediation in the post-industrial urban redevelopment project : a Case Study in Nyhamnen, Malmö

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

    Author : Rie Chimura; [2023]
    Keywords : applicability analysis of phytoremediation; brownfield; intermediate community use; landscape architecture; post-industrial city of Malmö; sense of place;

    Abstract : Malmö, once flourished with industries, has been transitioning since its decline in the 1980s. The redevelopment of Nyhamnen, one of the post-industrial areas, started in 2018 to accommodate the expected increasing population until 2050. The City of Malmö focuses on redeveloping within instead of expanding the city. READ MORE

  4. 3. Homestead gardening in rural Bangladesh : women’s contribution to sustainable local food system and security

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

    Author : Khondaker Nusrat Sharmin Tumpa; [2023]
    Keywords : Homestead gardening; sustainable; food system; food security; women;

    Abstract : This thesis presents qualitative research to explore women’s contribution to sustainable food systems and security through homestead gardening in rural Bangladesh. In rural Bangladesh, women frequently undertake homestead gardening, a traditional and widespread practice of producing different vegetables and rearing domestic animals in a small plot of land beside their house. READ MORE

  5. 4. Main Motivations and Barriers to Wildlife-Friendly Gardening in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)

    Author : Klara Ekblom; [2023]
    Keywords : biodiversity; urban green space; wildlife-friendly gardening; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Biodiversity is declining all over the world due to human activities. This is alarming since human survival is dependent on biodiversity and the ecosystem services nature provides. 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