In many European cities, urban gardens are seen as increasingly important components of
urban green space networks. We adopt an ecosystem services framework to assess …

The notion and assessment of ecosystem services (ES) values is becoming an established
part of the discourse regarding urban green space performance. Yet, underlying factors …

Green activism and guerrilla gardening lie at the more informal end of the urban food
growing movement, but little is known about the extent of this practice or the future of such …

Urban allotment gardens (AGs) provide a unique combination of productive and recreational
spaces for the inhabitants of European cities. Although the reasons behind the decision to …

This special issue considers food growing in the city. It presents a series of papers which
explore the interface between urban growing initiatives and the planned city, and identifies …

This article examines the processes of urban commoning and its co‐produced features of
urbanity, making the claim that, through these processes, informality becomes translated into …

While environmental and health preoccupations are growing, urban agriculture (UA) is
becoming a key element in the future planning decisions of many cities worldwide. Beyond …

Over the past 15 years, there has been an increased interest in urban gardening. Queues for
getting a gardening spot have grown, as many urban citizens seek a spot to cultivate …

In the authors' view, the existing urban planning system is not favourable to the temporality
and variability of urban wastelands, which complement traditional urban greenery through a …

This article examines landscape transformation in emerging suburbs through community
creation and the meaning of a sense of place. The comparative case study explores …