Urban gardens
Ecosystem services of collectively managed urban gardens : exploring factors affecting synergies and trade offs at the site level
... Ecosystem service production from collectively managed urban gardens Social-ecological benefits arising from CMUGs have been described in terms of ecosystem service provision, with micro[r] ...
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Women's agricultural practices and their effects on soil nutrient content in the Nyalenda urban gardens of Kisumu, Kenya
... of urban agriculture, with just under 50 % of the workers being ...the gardens than ...Nyalenda urban gardens in Kisumu (Kenya) influence the soil nutrient status as reflected by the total ...
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Investigating Urban Growth and Destruction of Urban Gardens with an Ecological Approach A Case of Gardens in Shiraz, Iran
... Mansourabad gardens located in Shiraz, Iran, this article examined the urbanization, its growth and its effects on the destruction of urban ...of gardens and over 24 hectares of agricultural lands ...
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Species Diversity and Habitat Preferences of Aculeata (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Urban and Suburban Gardens in Brno‑City (Czech Republic)
... two urban gardens (ZID and KRP), which are situated in the complex, closed and isolated ...In urban conditions, on the contrary, there are more built‑up areas, houses are often multi‑storey and the ...
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“Not all spaces are territories”: creating other possible urban worlds in and from Latin America – an interview with Raúl Zibechi
... tions. In Rome, there is the resistance to gentrification in the Pigneto neighborhood. In the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, the entire neighborhood of Errekaleor has been recuperated. There, young people have organized ...
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Comparative analysis of plant use in peri-urban domestic gardens of the Limpopo Province, South Africa
... between urban and rural gardens lies in the purpose and use of the gardens, resulting in different species grown and maintained in these ...in urban gardens is associ- ated with the ...
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Queer Feelings, Political Potential: Tracing Affect in Performance Spaces
... (EPA Urban Agriculture, 2011). Whether brownfields or not, most urban soils have some kind of contamination, especially lead deposits from gasoline emissions; however, brownfields often have additional ...
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REGENERATING URBAN SPACES UNDER PLACE-SPECIFIC SOCIAL CONTEXTS: A COMMENTARY ON GREEN INFRASTRUCTURES FOR LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION
... of urban regeneration, namely a strategy for improving the quality of life of citizens in terms of "smart ...of urban gardens project moves towards the same ...into urban voids or in ...
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Native bees are a rich natural resource in urban California gardens
... nearby urban gardens because their host plants, such as buttercups (Ranunculus californicus) and suncups (Camissonia ovata), are rarely used as ...in gardens near wildlands, as they are not ...
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Gardening in the desert: a spatial optimization approach to locating gardens in rapidly expanding urban environments
... large urban garden started as part of the Phoenix Renews project, which was shut down due to financial issues with the land on which the garden was placed ...citing gardens can reduce the physical distance ...
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Evaluating the relative influence on population health of domestic gardens and green space along a rural urban gradient
... domestic gardens, as opposed to green space, with the measure of health provides support for conclusions in the associated literature that smaller urban gardens, through the provision of differential ...
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Home gardens: a promising approach to enhance household food security and wellbeing
... Household gardens tend to be located close to dwelling for security, convenience, and special ...household gardens are marked by low capital input and simple ...Home gardens can be described as a ...
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Between Green Image Production, Participatory Politics and Growth: Urban Agriculture and Gardens in the Context of Neoliberal Urban Development in Vienna
... emancipatory urban politics, it is not enough to protect agricultural lands against construction and to cultivate vegetables in beautiful community ...gardens. Urban agricultural initiatives and the ...
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Gardens and stewardship
... two gardens in Acton Park, all the gardens displayed little or no ...Park gardens were formal to semi-formal in their structure, in many ways resembling the ‘gardenesque’ style (Zagorski et ...the ...
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Effect of nutrition education on the knowledge scores of urban households with home gardens in Morogoro, Tanzania
... Under poverty conditions in developing countries, the role of women is usually limited to taking care of the household, children and farm; they do not wield much power in purchase decisions. If the home garden con- ...
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Role of Public Parks/Gardens in attracting Domestic Tourists: An Example from City Beautiful from India
... A majority of tourists i.e. 92.80% (839/904) had not visited the Sukhana Wildlife Sanctuary, near Sukhana Lake. The reason being, 824 were not aware at all about the existence of such a spot in the city and rest did not ...
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Pome fruit orcharding in Tasmania: It's evolution and present geographic basis
... 34 insect spread swiftly through the closely planted urban fruit gardens and by 1886 Hobart and the surrounding orchard districts in the Derwent and south-east were heavily infested.. ·T[r] ...
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Favorite places: spatial and temporal dimensions of place attachment
... perience that the hill provided a challenge to those wishing to engage in vigorous exercise—for example, running or briskly walking up to the tower and back. In becoming more familiar with how visitors used the two ...
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Sustainable Urban Agriculture Land Use Practice for Thika Town
... sustainable urban agriculture land use practice within their urban set ...of urban agriculture. It was found out that the current urban development plan for Thika and the Kiambu County Spatial ...
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Rosanna Gardens
... Requirements This section sets out the actions that must be taken by the provider or person in charge to ensure compliance with the Health Act 2007 Care and Support of Residents in Desig[r] ...
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