Urban Gardening as a New Frontier of Wellness: Case Studies from the City of Naples

Rusciano, Vincenzo; Civero, Gennaro; Scarpato, Debora

doi:10.18848/2325-1115/cgp/v13i02/39-49

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“…The questionnaire was divided into three sections: General and economic-financial, environmental, and other questions . The following research scheme was used [27,28]:…”

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The Objectives of Farm Operations—Evidence from a Region in Poland

Grzelak

2020

Agriculture

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The objectives set by agricultural producers directly translate into the directions of the development of farms. What is particularly important: Is there a conflict between the economic and environmental objectives of farm operations? This issue is not resolved in the literature on the subject and still is a challenge for policymakers. The main aim of the article is to identify the preferences of farm managers concerning the objectives of farm operations, as well as to examine their mutual relations. The article employs the results of surveys carried out on farms from the Wielkopolska region (Poland). The analysis of Spearman’s rank, cluster analysis, also the classification tree method, and multidimensional scaling were applied. The research shows that the relations between the income and assets objective turned out to be moderate in terms of strength, while the environmental objective turned out to be statistically insignificant related to economic objectives (in the context of their perception by respondents). There are differences in this respect, including also a group of the respondents in which income and environmental objectives have been ranked simultaneously high. It is, however, difficult to state clearly whether there is a complementarity between the income and the environmental objective from the perspective of perception by respondents. Although when the context of the real action is taken into account then the answer should be positive. Therefore, there is a gap between the farmers’ perception of reality—choice of the hierarchy of objectives, and the real activities, e.g., in terms of pro-environmental activities. It is a new issue that points to the need to stimulate the environmental objective, in particular, through support at the level of agricultural policy instruments.

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“…The questionnaire was divided into three sections: General and economic-financial, environmental, and other questions . The following research scheme was used [27,28]:…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Objectives of Farm Operations—Evidence from a Region in Poland

Grzelak

2020

Agriculture

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“…A number of Italian municipalities apply the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) support tool to assist with low-income households and "victims of unemployment [to] improve their own social status as well as their city" [40]. Allotment gardens, "orti urbani" in Italian, are components of EGI that increased diffusively throughout Italian cities in recent years (i.e., orti urbani increased 4% with two million square meters in 77 key urban centers [41] between 2016 and 2017).…”

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“…An example of urban regeneration, via an EGI approach, is De Filippo park, located in Ponticelli, an eastern suburb of Naples and one of the most degraded, overcrowded, and permeated crime-ridden areas. This degraded area was transformed into a variety of allotment gardens which provision EGI in the form of gardening of vegetable crops [40] (Figure 4). To assist with the clean-up of the area, the local health department put together a community-based project in conjunction with the Lilliput Day Center.…”

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“…By way of focus group, the park's gardeners also successfully received additional funding from the region and national government-analogous with many other Italian cities that stress EGI. With regard to waste disposal, the urban gardens fall under the support of Naples' waste management services, and they regularly have organic waste removed weekly [40].…”

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“…During the event, urban gardens had the opportunity to exhibit the benefits of EGI and discuss various projects, operational entities, and organizational implementation and performance. After the event, interest was sparked from the Lilliput Day Center, Ponticelli gardeners, and stakeholders banding together to hold a second major event inside the urban garden of Ponticelli, with the slogan "Let's Grow Legality" [40]-with reference to the struggle the suburb faced and continues to endure in promoting EGI and smart, urban gardening.…”

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Edible Green Infrastructure for Urban Regeneration and Food Security: Case Studies from the Campania Region

Russo

Cirella

2020

Agriculture

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Ten identified edible green infrastructure (EGI)-related urban regeneration case studies within the Campania region, Italy, are explored in relation to local community development, involvement, and education. Urban space and agriculture are promoted as sustainably planned networks for edible food components and structures. Within an urban ecosystem, city planners are actively promoting urban agriculture after an increase in the availability of unused land. Advantages for public health include stress reduction and physical activity, as well as sustainability of urban gardens by way of far-sighted urban planning. Case studies within the Campania region illustrate EGI know-hows and awareness, and they elucidate upon a number of beneficial reasons for its implementation. Within the Campania region, all five provinces showed positive impacts when using EGI for urban regeneration and well-being. Recent developments from the COVID-19 pandemic are reinforcing a rethink of food security and food supply chains.

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Consumer-Centric Circularity: Conscious Changes in Lifestyle Towards a New Normal

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Patil

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In the final chapter, we take a closer look at the role that consumers play in the transition to the CE. Ultimately, consumers must be willing to buy sustainable circular products over those products that have a single lifecycle. The CE can receive great impulses even from a single person or a small group of people as we have shown in the repair café and iFixit case studies. This can cause a ripple effect that can quickly reach millions of people all over the world. It is up to governments to spread awareness amongst their citizens, so they become responsible consumers, and play a role as one of the largest consumers in their own economy as well. We look at the city of Rotterdam for a collection of cases, specifically looking at several consumer initiatives and how the city has been improving its own consumption since governments are big consumers themselves. We end the chapter, and the book, by looking at the circularity gap and revisiting what has been discussed in this book regarding closing this gap.

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Urban Gardening as a New Frontier of Wellness: Case Studies from the City of Naples

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The Objectives of Farm Operations—Evidence from a Region in Poland

The Objectives of Farm Operations—Evidence from a Region in Poland

Edible Green Infrastructure for Urban Regeneration and Food Security: Case Studies from the Campania Region

Consumer-Centric Circularity: Conscious Changes in Lifestyle Towards a New Normal

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