Gemensamhetsodling i den gröna staden Malmö-Kommunal marknadsföring eller folkligt återtagande av staden?
(2024) HEKK03 20232Department of Human Geography
Human Ecology
- Abstract
- More and more cities are being marketed as green. Malmö has since the late 90ies transformed from a city in great economic downturn to being internationally known for its green profile, attracting companies, tourists and professional visitors. Despite its reputation of being the city of parks Malmö has the second to least green space per person in all of Sweden’s urban areas, and it’s shrinking. This study applies the theory Right to the city (RTC) to understand how the community gardens that lease land from the municipality of Malmö can be seen as to empower or prevent inhabitants of Malmö to take part of the production of the city as a social product. Furthermore, it examines what municipal interest motives the promotion of community... (More)
- More and more cities are being marketed as green. Malmö has since the late 90ies transformed from a city in great economic downturn to being internationally known for its green profile, attracting companies, tourists and professional visitors. Despite its reputation of being the city of parks Malmö has the second to least green space per person in all of Sweden’s urban areas, and it’s shrinking. This study applies the theory Right to the city (RTC) to understand how the community gardens that lease land from the municipality of Malmö can be seen as to empower or prevent inhabitants of Malmö to take part of the production of the city as a social product. Furthermore, it examines what municipal interest motives the promotion of community gardens in the city space. Walk-along and sit-down interviews have been carried out with representatives from three community gardens as well as a sit-down interview with a municipal representative. This, as well as two comprehensive plans, have been thematically analyzed. The major finding of this is that Malmö municipality’s interest in community gardens can be linked to green place marketing as well as be interpreted as a method of battling segregation with the purpose of making the city more attractive to investors and high-income residents. Moreover, the study finds that the community gardens of Malmö have the potential of functioning as meeting spots fostering the exchange of ideas enabling RTC for members as well as citizens. The gardens influence the surrounding area but do not enable direct influence over the production of city space. The community gardens have the potential of contributing toward the actualization of RTC for the citizens of Malmö, but do not by itself make this a reality. (Less)
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- author
- Hilton-Brown, Hanna LU
- supervisor
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- Thomas Malm LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Community gardening in the green city Malmö- Municipal marketing or the peoples reclaim of the city?
- course
- HEKK03 20232
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Community gardening, urban gardening, Right to the city, RTC, neoliberal city, green city, green place marketing
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9175419
- date added to LUP
- 2024-10-09 16:02:11
- date last changed
- 2024-10-09 16:02:11
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abstract = {{More and more cities are being marketed as green. Malmö has since the late 90ies transformed from a city in great economic downturn to being internationally known for its green profile, attracting companies, tourists and professional visitors. Despite its reputation of being the city of parks Malmö has the second to least green space per person in all of Sweden’s urban areas, and it’s shrinking. This study applies the theory Right to the city (RTC) to understand how the community gardens that lease land from the municipality of Malmö can be seen as to empower or prevent inhabitants of Malmö to take part of the production of the city as a social product. Furthermore, it examines what municipal interest motives the promotion of community gardens in the city space. Walk-along and sit-down interviews have been carried out with representatives from three community gardens as well as a sit-down interview with a municipal representative. This, as well as two comprehensive plans, have been thematically analyzed. The major finding of this is that Malmö municipality’s interest in community gardens can be linked to green place marketing as well as be interpreted as a method of battling segregation with the purpose of making the city more attractive to investors and high-income residents. Moreover, the study finds that the community gardens of Malmö have the potential of functioning as meeting spots fostering the exchange of ideas enabling RTC for members as well as citizens. The gardens influence the surrounding area but do not enable direct influence over the production of city space. The community gardens have the potential of contributing toward the actualization of RTC for the citizens of Malmö, but do not by itself make this a reality.}},
author = {{Hilton-Brown, Hanna}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Gemensamhetsodling i den gröna staden Malmö-Kommunal marknadsföring eller folkligt återtagande av staden?}},
year = {{2024}},
}