Participatory Design and Self-building in Shared Urban Open Spaces - Community Gardens and Casitas in New York City (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

The book investigates the development of community gardens with self-built structures, which have existed as a shared public open space land use form in New York City's low-come neighborhoods like the South Bronx since the 1970s. These gardens have continued to be part of the urban landscape until today, despite conflicting land use interests, changing residents groups and contradictory city planning. Both community gardens and self-built structures are created in a participatory design and self-built effort by urban residents and are an expression of the individual gardeners' preferences, their cultural background and the decisions made by the managing residents' group in regards to the needs of their neighborhood. Ultimately community gardens with self-built structures are an expression of the people's will to commonly use this land for open and enclosed structures next to their homes in the city and need to be included in future urban planning.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Urban Agriculture
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2017
Authors:	Carolin Mees
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-75513-7
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural science Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN:	3-319-75513-7
Barcode:	9783319755137

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