Klasifikácia a funkcia komunitných záhrad v meste (prípadová štúdia z Bratislavy)

Abstract

Katedra regionálnej geografie, ochrany a plánovania krajiny, PriF UK, Bratislava Geografický ústav SAV, Bratislava Classification and Function of Community Gardens in the City (Case Study from Bratislava). The paper focuses on the identification and classification of community gardens in the Bratislava. It concerns a pilot study focused on community gardens in Bratislava (Slovakia). Community gardens in a post-socialist city can be considered a modern phenomenon despite the fact that urban gardening was present in the city even during the communist regime in the form of allotments gardens and garden colonies. The main methods used to research community gardens include a questionnaire survey of members of community gardens and semi-structured interviews with administrators of community gardens. Different classification criteria (location, size, number of members, and ownership) are used in the paper to identify community gardens. Although the primary function of community gardens in Bratislava is the food production, formation of communities also plays an important role.

Farmers’ markets and community gardens in Slovakia: How do town authorities approach these phenomena?

“…Town authorities therefore need to pay attention not just to the population of their own town but also consider the issue of farmers' markets in broader spatial contexts or in the context of the hierarchical relationship between the town and its surrounding areas. Community gardens are still at an early stage of development in Slovakia (Hencelová et al, 2020). In general, there is no evident relationship between population size and the emergence of community gardens.…”

“…Jarosz, 2008;McClintock et al, 2016). It was sent to mayors and relevant employees of all the towns in Slovakia except Bratislava, which was excluded because the community gardens and farmers' markets there had been analysed in detail in a previous research (Hencelová et al, 2020). No specific criteria were used for the selection of the towns.…”

“…Slovakia is one of the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe where AFNs have gradually emerged over the last 10 years (Hencelová et al, 2020;Škamlová et al, 2020). Interest in AFNs among Slovak consumers is clearly growing based on inspiration from consumption patterns in other countries (Hencelová et al, 2020). The conditions for the establishment and operation of AFNs are also related to town support.…”

“…The paper focuses on two elements of AFNs, i.e. farmers' markets and community gardens, because these two alternatives are the most common and popular forms of ANFs in Slovakia (Hencelová et al, 2020). Geography has recently shown significant interest in researching the problems of towns and consumption.…”

“…The potential for AFNs in the post-socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe depends on the interaction between various aspects (in history, geography, and urban planning) and the influence of the local post-socialist context (Spilková and Perlín, 2013). Although ANFs have existed in many post-socialist countries for more than two decades, the emergence of AFNs can be considered a modern phenomenon of the last 10 years (Hencelová et al, 2020). AFNs research remains in the background in Slovak geography and is still in its infancy.…”