How can urban gardening address social sustainability? Nature-based solution case studies in Lille, Brussels and Paris
(2018) In IIIEE Masters Thesis IMEN56 20181The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
- Abstract
- Nowadays, European cities contain more than 70% of the population of the continent and are still growing. This growth tends to put pressure on the challenges that urban areas are already facing. The range of these challenges is wide, such challenges being social, environmental and economical. Air pollution, health issues, increasing heat, integration, social exclusion, loneliness or mobility problems illustrate such diversity. Urban community gardening as a Nature-based Solution (NbS) could contribute to solve some of these challenges making cities greener and gathering people around common objectives. Nevertheless, despite the solutions they provide, urban community gardens often face challenges such as lack of funds or no field. The aim... (More)
- Nowadays, European cities contain more than 70% of the population of the continent and are still growing. This growth tends to put pressure on the challenges that urban areas are already facing. The range of these challenges is wide, such challenges being social, environmental and economical. Air pollution, health issues, increasing heat, integration, social exclusion, loneliness or mobility problems illustrate such diversity. Urban community gardening as a Nature-based Solution (NbS) could contribute to solve some of these challenges making cities greener and gathering people around common objectives. Nevertheless, despite the solutions they provide, urban community gardens often face challenges such as lack of funds or no field. The aim of this thesis is first to examine the drivers and barriers that a project of urban gardening can face during its creation and maintenance through three case studies in Lille, Brussels and Paris. Second, it is to explore social implications of these case studies to gain a better understanding of the solutions they can bring. This study mainly answers to such questions through interviews of garden participants and managers. The used criteria for such evaluation are inspired by literature and the EKLIPSE framework. The creation and maintenance of urban gardening projects seem to often depend on the involvement of public authorities, which provides funds and space. The implications of the projects have shown to be diverse depending on their objectives. Nevertheless, education and sensitization to gardening and sustainability appeared to be among the main implications. (Less)
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- author
- De Bellefroid, Hippolyte LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- IMEN56 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Nature-based Solutions, urban community garden, social impacts, barriers and drivers
- publication/series
- IIIEE Masters Thesis
- report number
- 2018:3
- ISSN
- 1401-9191
- language
- English
- id
- 8958626
- date added to LUP
- 2018-09-13 12:13:09
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