Environmental and social dimensions of community gardens in East Harlem

Petrović, Nada; Simpson, Troy; Orlove, Ben; Dowd-Uribe, Brian

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.10.009

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“…Green infrastructure solutions have contributed to enhancing ecosystem governance and increasing a sense of place, especially in relation to urban gardens and urban agricultural areas (where residents directly participate in their management, maintenance, and monitoring) [117]. Romolini [118] found a positive relationship between public interest in collaborate and place attachment, i.e., individuals' psychological and emotional connection to urban green spaces precedes their involvement in processes of NBS.…”

Section: Identified Drivers/motivations For Public Participationmentioning

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Stakeholders’ Engagement on Nature-Based Solutions: A Systematic Literature Review

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Cities are facing a broad range of social and environmental challenges due to the current pressure of global urbanization. Nature-based solutions aim to utilize green infrastructure to improve people’s health and wellbeing. The design of urban environments must embrace the individual ideals of citizens and stakeholders which can only be achieved if effective methods of communication, involvement, and feedback are ensured. Such a procedure creates trust during its implementation, helping to take ownership and stewardship of processes and sites. This systematic literature review explores the current state of the art regarding citizen and stakeholder participation in nature-based solutions (NBS). The search on the SCOPUS database identified 142 papers in total that met the inclusion criteria. The participation analysis was separated in two areas: (a) analysis of perceptions, preferences, and perspectives of citizens and stakeholders, and (b) analysis of the participation process, including challenges and opportunities, motivations, methods and frameworks, and collaborative governance. The results revealed that stakeholder and citizen participation or collaboration in nature-based solutions is increasingly recognized as promising; however, research in several related domains is still lacking.

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Section: Identified Drivers/motivations For Public Participationmentioning

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Stakeholders’ Engagement on Nature-Based Solutions: A Systematic Literature Review

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“…De acordo com os autores, esta prática é um planejamento urbano inovador de espaços verdes e gestão coletiva do uso da terra. Nos Estados Unidos, Petrovic et al (2019), analisaram 35 hortas comunitárias e consideram que estes locais estão mais relacionados aos benefícios sociais do que ambientais. De acordo com os autores, o cultivo de vegetais é uma experiência significativa, independentemente da quantidade colhida.…”

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Hortas comunitárias: espaço público que contribui para o desenvolvimento sustentável da cidade de São Paulo, SP

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Áreas Verdes Urbanas estão associadas à qualidade de vida da população e, dentre elas, destacam-se parques, praças, jardins e, atualmente, diversas hortas comunitárias. Objetivou-se caracterizar a Horta das Flores quanto à sua função social e ambiental para a população. A Horta das Flores é uma horta comunitária urbana, com aproximadamente 6.000 m 2 , sem fins lucrativos, localizada à Av. Alcântara Machado, 2200, Parque da Móoca, zona Leste do Município de São Paulo, SP. O local é denominado Praça Alfredo Di Cunto, popularmente Praça ou Viveiro das Flores. Desde 2002 o espaço possui uma finalidade socioambiental importante para o bairro da Moóca. Em 2012, um grupo de moradores do bairro e arredores passaram a realizar a manutenção da horta existente no local, promovendo atividades comunitárias na praça aberta à população e estimulando os moradores do entorno a usufruírem do espaço. Suas atividades estão voltadas à educação ambiental, envolvendo oficinas, além de muitas visitas de alunos do ensino fundamental . O espaço oferece aos moradores do entorno, à estudantes e população em geral contato com a terra e aprendizado na prática com mutirões e diversos eventos que lá são realizados mensalmente, relacionados à Educação Ambiental e Alimentação Natural.

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“…Research has shown that the amount of greenspace, as well as the distance urban dwellers have to travel to that greenspace, can influence the benefits of trees on public health (Annerstedt van den Bosch et al, 2016), but few studies have attempted to understand the type and amount of exposure to trees that confers health benefits (Shanahan et al, 2015;Jiang et al, 2016;Zhang et al, 2017). Finally, the relationship between the prevalence and types of urban trees and social health remains largely unexplored (Dinnie et al, 2013;Nesbitt et al, 2017;Jennings and Bamkole, 2019), but may be impactful at small spatial scales and through particular configurations, such as community gardens and the associated place attachment (Petrovic et al, 2019).…”

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The Benefits and Limits of Urban Tree Planting for Environmental and Human Health

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Many of the world’s major cities have implemented tree planting programs based on assumed environmental and social benefits of urban forests. Recent studies have increasingly tested these assumptions and provide empirical evidence for the contributions of tree planting programs, as well as their feasibility and limits, for solving or mitigating urban environmental and social issues. We propose that current evidence supports local cooling, stormwater absorption, and health benefits of urban trees for local residents. However, the potential for urban trees to appreciably mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution over a wide array of sites and environmental conditions is limited. Consequently, urban trees appear to be more promising for climate and pollution adaptation strategies than mitigation strategies. In large part, this is due to space constraints limiting the extent of urban tree canopies relative to the current magnitude of emissions. The most promising environmental and health impacts of urban trees are those that can be realized with well-stewarded tree planting and localized design interventions at site to municipal scales. Tree planting at these scales has documented benefits on local climate and health, which can be maximized through targeted site design followed by monitoring, adaptive management, and studies of long-term eco-evolutionary dynamics.

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Environmental and social dimensions of community gardens in East Harlem

Cited by 51 publications

References 55 publications

Stakeholders’ Engagement on Nature-Based Solutions: A Systematic Literature Review

Stakeholders’ Engagement on Nature-Based Solutions: A Systematic Literature Review

Hortas comunitárias: espaço público que contribui para o desenvolvimento sustentável da cidade de São Paulo, SP

The Benefits and Limits of Urban Tree Planting for Environmental and Human Health

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