[HTML][HTML] Pandemic gardening: A narrative review, vignettes and implications for future research

J Kingsley, K Donati, J Litt, N Shimpo, C Blythe… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a significant amount of evidence highlighting the health, wellbeing and social
benefits of gardening during previous periods of crises. These benefits were also evident …

Urban gardening in a changing climate: A review of effects, responses and adaptation capacities for cities

F Tomatis, M Egerer, A Correa-Guimaraes… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change is impacting the ecological, social and technological aspects of urban
gardens. Gardens experience threats (eg, water scarcity) but are also responding through …

Global trends in urban agriculture research: A pathway toward urban resilience and sustainability

D Yan, L Liu, X Liu, M Zhang - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban agriculture has been proposed as an important urban element to deal with the
challenges of food insecurity and environmental deterioration. In order to track current …

[HTML][HTML] An innovative digitization evaluation scheme for Spatio-temporal coordination relationship between multiple knowledge driven rural economic development …

W Liu, W Zhou, L Lu - Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 2022 - Elsevier
The agricultural ecological environment is the premise and foundation of rural economic
development and the rural economy is an important manifestation of the vitality of the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of nature-based solutions and senses of place in enabling just city transitions

CM Raymond, R Stedman, N Frantzeskaki - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Discussions about just transitions and nature-based solutions (NBS) often articulate an
essentialist sense of place perspective that emphasises stasis through combinations of …

Experiences of gardening during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic

J Kingsley, L Diekmann, MH Egerer, BB Lin, A Ossola… - Health & place, 2022 - Elsevier
Gardening has the potential to improve health and wellbeing, especially during crises. Using
an international survey of gardeners (n= 3743), this study aimed to understand everyday …

Potential of urban green spaces for supporting horticultural production: A national scale analysis

LE Walsh, BR Mead, CA Hardman… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
As urban areas and land-use constraints grow, there is increasing interest in utilizing urban
spaces for food production. Several studies have uncovered significant potential for urban …

A transformative mission for prioritising nature in Australian cities

N Frantzeskaki, C Oke, G Barnett, S Bekessy, J Bush… - Ambio, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Associations of time spent gardening with mental wellbeing and life satisfaction in mid-to-late adulthood

SL Fjaestad, JL Mackelprang, T Sugiyama… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is relatively limited research investigating the mental health benefits of gardening. In
this cross-sectional study, survey data from 4,919 middle-aged and older adults (46–80 …

From one to many natures: integrating divergent urban nature visions to support nature-based solutions in Australia and Europe

M Ignatieva, D Dushkova, DJ Martin, F Mofrad… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Urban nature and ways of protecting, designing and even mimicking natural processes are
some of the most popular themes inspiring humanities and natural science studies in …