Of mowers and growers: Perceived social norms strongly influence verge gardening, a distinctive civic greening practice

Marshall, Adrian J.; Grose, Margaret; Williams, Nicholas S.G.

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103795

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“…Compared with gardeners who have participated in a UCG, residents who were not involved in urban gardening thought that important others or institutions around them, especially municipal authorities, would not approve of the existence of community gardening in the city. Existing research has already proposed that municipal authorities could promote gardening participation by readjusting policies to change people's beliefs in subjective norms, which is a suggestion that our study confirms [19]. Additionally, this study found that the effect of perceived behavioral control or the self-efficacy of overcoming barriers on behavioral intention was the weakest of the TPB structures, which aligns with previous findings [3,71].…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Consistent with the TPB theory, the study concluded that residents' attitudes towards UCGs have the greatest influence on their behavioral intention. Attitude or emotional motivation is an important determinant of all horticulture behavioral intention [15,19,67]. A study of gardeners' participation in community (allocation) gardens found that the positive emotional connection they established with the garden strengthened their intention to participate [39].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Recently, increasing attention has been given to the importance of ecosystem services and the application of ecological models to analyze the multi-level effects of proenvironmental behavior [19,39,40]. The concept of ES has been mainstreamed as an interdisciplinary guiding framework in urban sustainability and resilience agendas [60].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The UCG is currently expanding worldwide and is seen as one strategy for responding to the dietary, social, and environmental problems caused by rapid urbanization in developed and developing countries. UCGs have attracted increasing attention from scholars and practitioners [18], with examples of UCGs including the Verge Garden in Australia [19], the Community in Bloom in Singapore [20], the P-Patch program in Seattle [21], and the Empty-Spaces Plan in Barcelona [22]. At the same time, many countries see UCGs as illegal and informal spaces; gardeners grow land in community public spaces without permission and consultation almost around the world [23], such as in Zimbabwe, Kenya, and South Africa [24].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Chinese Residents’ Perceived Ecosystem Services and Disservices Impacts Behavioral Intention for Urban Community Garden: An Extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior

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Urban community gardens (UCGs), greenspace cultivated and managed for vegetables by local communities, provide substantial ecosystem services (ES) and are warmly welcomed by residents. However, they also have many ecosystem disservices (EDS) and are almost always refused by the decision-makers of the government, especially in China. Better understanding the residents’ perceived ES and EDS and the impact on the behavioral intention (BI) toward UCGs is of great value to solve the conflicts between residents and the government concerning UCGs and to develop sustainable UCGs. Following the theory of planned behavior (TPB), we measured perceived ES/EDS, attitudes (ATT), perceived behavioral control (PBC), subjective norm (SN), and BI of 1142 residents in Changsha, China, and investigated their direct and indirect causal relationships using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results showed that: (1) ATT, PBC, and SN significantly and positively impact the BI of UCGs and together explained 54% of the variation of BI. (2) The extended TPB model with additional components of perceived ED/EDS improved the explanatory ability of the model, explaining 65% of the variance of BI. Perceived ES and perceived EDS showed significant direct positive and negative impacts on UCGs, respectively. They also indirectly impacted BI by influencing ATT, PBC, and SN. The findings of this study can extend our understanding of residents’ attitudes, behavior, and driving mechanism toward UCGs, and can help decision makers to design better policies for UCG planning and management.

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“…Overall, these diverse communities can be supported by removing regulations that prevent innovation, e.g. on nature-strip (or verge) gardening (Marshall et al 2020 ), as well as encourage and province explicit support for culturally and socioeconomically diverse communities to participate in nature-positive practices, such as community gardens, gardening for wildlife programmes and foraging (Oke et al 2021 ) (see Box 3 ).…”

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A transformative mission for prioritising nature in Australian cities

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Australia is experiencing mounting pressures related to processes of urbanisation, biodiversity loss and climate change felt at large in cities. At the same time, it is cities that can take the leading role in pioneering approaches and solutions to respond to those coupling emergencies. In this perspective piece we respond to the following question: What are the required transformations for prioritising, valuing, maintaining and embracing nature in cities in Australia? We adopt the mission framework as an organising framework to present proposed pathways to transform Australian cities as nature-positive places of the future. We propose three interconnected pathways as starting actions to steer urban planning, policy and governance in Australian cities: First, cities need to establish evidence-based planning for nature in cities and mainstream new planning tools that safeguard and foreground urban nature. Second, collaborative planning needs to become a standard practice in cities and inclusive governance for nature in cities needs to prioritise Aboriginal knowledge systems and practices as well as look beyond what local governments can do. Third, for progressing to nature-positive cities, it is paramount to empower communities to innovate with nature across Australian cities. Whilst we focus on Australian cities, the lessons and pathways are broadly applicably globally and can inspire science-policy debates for the post COP15 biodiversity and COP26 climate change implementation processes.

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Designing and managing biodiverse streetscapes: key lessons from the City of Melbourne

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Underutilised public spaces such as streetscapes offer substantial opportunities to integrate habitats that increase biodiversity into existing urban landscapes and create more ecologically connected cities.Cooperation and collaboration from diverse stakeholders are paramount to achieving this because growing conditions for plants in streetscapes are often much harsher than remnant habitats or urban parks and little is known about the horticultural performance of many native understorey species in these novel urban environments. This paper describes how the City of Melbourne collaborated with researchers from the University of Melbourne to develop and test a suite of understorey plant species to increase streetscape biodiversity. To do so, we selected species using criteria from a horticultural planting guide which guided the design and creation of four streetscape plantings within the municipality. Here, we document the process and discuss lessons learnt from this project to assist other cities to design, construct and maintain streetscapes with successful, cost-effective plantings that improve urban biodiversity and aesthetic value. Key to the long-term success of these biodiverse plantings was thorough soil preparation and weed management before planting, and the implementation of a clear, ecologically sensitive management plan. To support this plan, suitably quali ed and experienced landscape maintenance staff were essential, particularly those with horticultural knowledge and experience with indigenous and native plant species. Our project highlights the often con icting needs of local authorities and ecological researchers and the necessary trade-offs needed to meet realistic goals and achieve successful project outcomes for creating more biodiverse urban landscapes.

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Of mowers and growers: Perceived social norms strongly influence verge gardening, a distinctive civic greening practice

Cited by 21 publications

References 52 publications

Chinese Residents’ Perceived Ecosystem Services and Disservices Impacts Behavioral Intention for Urban Community Garden: An Extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Chinese Residents’ Perceived Ecosystem Services and Disservices Impacts Behavioral Intention for Urban Community Garden: An Extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior

A transformative mission for prioritising nature in Australian cities

Designing and managing biodiverse streetscapes: key lessons from the City of Melbourne

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