Article
Using spatially explicit supply/demand and local participants’ perspectives to integrate urban agriculture with community planning
Leopold Center Completed Grant Reports
Project ID
M2014-05
Abstract
Community gardens boast many attractive features, from appearance to opportunity for healthy food production to encouragement of citizen engagement. This project looked at the potential for community gardens to enhance their reach and successes.
Key Question
Is access to community gardens important to city residents, and if so, how and why? What facilitates or limits participation in community gardening activities? How can city governments effectively integrate community gardens as a part of their ongoing city planning and infrastructure development processes?
Findings
Community gardens emerged as important to study participants, for a variety of reasons. A draft framework was developed for integration of community gardens in city government.
Principal Investigator(s)
Jan R. Thompson
Co-Investigator(s)
John Tyndall, Marissa Moore, Linda Naeve
Year of Grant Completion
2015
Disciplines
Citation Information
Janette R. Thompson, John Tyndall, Marissa Moore and Linda Naeve. "Using spatially explicit supply/demand and local participants’ perspectives to integrate urban agriculture with community planning" (2015) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_tyndall/42/