Sustainable community gardens require social engagement and training: A users' needs analysis in Europe

Urban gardens are spreading in many cities across Europe, with community gardening being a fundamental form of urban agriculture. While the literature reveals the essential role that community gardens can play in terms of learning and education, no studies have investigated the training needs for pa...

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Autores: Ochoa Rego, Jesús, Sanyé Mengual, Esther, Specht, Kathrin, Fernández Hernández, Juan Antonio, Bañón Arias, Sebastián del Pilar, Orsini, Francesco, Magrefi, Francesca, Bazzocchi, Giovanni, Halder, Severin, Martens, Doerte, Kappel, Noemi, Gianquinto, Giorgio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena(UPCT)
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital UPCT
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10317/9464
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Palabra clave:Urban agriculture
Community gardening
Training
Community building
Urban planning
Knowledge
Lifelong learning
Ecologíal
Tecnologías del Medio Ambiente
3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente
2417.13 Ecología Vegetal
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spelling Sustainable community gardens require social engagement and training: A users' needs analysis in EuropeOchoa Rego, JesúsSanyé Mengual, EstherSpecht, KathrinFernández Hernández, Juan AntonioBañón Arias, Sebastián del PilarOrsini, FrancescoMagrefi, FrancescaBazzocchi, GiovanniHalder, SeverinMartens, DoerteKappel, NoemiGianquinto, GiorgioUrban agricultureCommunity gardeningTrainingCommunity buildingUrban planningKnowledgeLifelong learningEcologíalTecnologías del Medio Ambiente3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente2417.13 Ecología VegetalUrban gardens are spreading in many cities across Europe, with community gardening being a fundamental form of urban agriculture. While the literature reveals the essential role that community gardens can play in terms of learning and education, no studies have investigated the training needs for participants in community gardens to ensure their successful development. The goal of this article is to evaluate the training requirements of urban community gardens to ensure their successful implementation and their contribution to sustainability in European cities. Two questionnaires of users' needs analysis were designed and implemented in Berlin, Bologna, Budapest, and Cartagena. The results unveiled the need to re-enforce the training in the formation and community building phases of community gardens towards ensuring the creation of an engaged gardening community to maintain activity, particularly for top-down activities (e.g., research-related gardens). Users claimed their need for being trained on crop management skills (e.g., maintenance, bed preparation, organic practices) and on communication skills to further disseminate their activity, thereby increasing the potential for citizen engagement. Such requirements could be overcome with the creation of urban gardens networks, where experiences and knowledge are shared among practitioners. Policy recommendations are provided based on the outputs of this study.This research was funded by the European Union's Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), sub-programme Grundtvig for adults learning: 526476-LLP-1-2012-1-IT-GRUNDTVIGGM, 2012-2014. This research has received funding from the European Union’s Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), sub-programme Grundtvig for adults learning: 526476-LLP-1-2012-1-IT-GRUNDTVIGGM, 2012–2014.MDPIUniversidad Politécnica de CartagenaUniversidad Humboldt de BerlínUniversidad de BoloniaUniversidad de Ciencias Aplicadas de Eberswalde202120212019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10317/9464reponame:Repositorio Digital UPCTinstname:Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena(UPCT)Ingléshttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/14/3978Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.upct.es:10317/94642026-05-15T06:39:02Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sustainable community gardens require social engagement and training: A users' needs analysis in Europe
title Sustainable community gardens require social engagement and training: A users' needs analysis in Europe
spellingShingle Sustainable community gardens require social engagement and training: A users' needs analysis in Europe
Ochoa Rego, Jesús
Urban agriculture
Community gardening
Training
Community building
Urban planning
Knowledge
Lifelong learning
Ecologíal
Tecnologías del Medio Ambiente
3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente
2417.13 Ecología Vegetal
title_short Sustainable community gardens require social engagement and training: A users' needs analysis in Europe
title_full Sustainable community gardens require social engagement and training: A users' needs analysis in Europe
title_fullStr Sustainable community gardens require social engagement and training: A users' needs analysis in Europe
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable community gardens require social engagement and training: A users' needs analysis in Europe
title_sort Sustainable community gardens require social engagement and training: A users' needs analysis in Europe
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ochoa Rego, Jesús
Sanyé Mengual, Esther
Specht, Kathrin
Fernández Hernández, Juan Antonio
Bañón Arias, Sebastián del Pilar
Orsini, Francesco
Magrefi, Francesca
Bazzocchi, Giovanni
Halder, Severin
Martens, Doerte
Kappel, Noemi
Gianquinto, Giorgio
author Ochoa Rego, Jesús
author_facet Ochoa Rego, Jesús
Sanyé Mengual, Esther
Specht, Kathrin
Fernández Hernández, Juan Antonio
Bañón Arias, Sebastián del Pilar
Orsini, Francesco
Magrefi, Francesca
Bazzocchi, Giovanni
Halder, Severin
Martens, Doerte
Kappel, Noemi
Gianquinto, Giorgio
author_role author
author2 Sanyé Mengual, Esther
Specht, Kathrin
Fernández Hernández, Juan Antonio
Bañón Arias, Sebastián del Pilar
Orsini, Francesco
Magrefi, Francesca
Bazzocchi, Giovanni
Halder, Severin
Martens, Doerte
Kappel, Noemi
Gianquinto, Giorgio
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
Universidad Humboldt de Berlín
Universidad de Bolonia
Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas de Eberswalde
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Urban agriculture
Community gardening
Training
Community building
Urban planning
Knowledge
Lifelong learning
Ecologíal
Tecnologías del Medio Ambiente
3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente
2417.13 Ecología Vegetal
topic Urban agriculture
Community gardening
Training
Community building
Urban planning
Knowledge
Lifelong learning
Ecologíal
Tecnologías del Medio Ambiente
3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente
2417.13 Ecología Vegetal
description Urban gardens are spreading in many cities across Europe, with community gardening being a fundamental form of urban agriculture. While the literature reveals the essential role that community gardens can play in terms of learning and education, no studies have investigated the training needs for participants in community gardens to ensure their successful development. The goal of this article is to evaluate the training requirements of urban community gardens to ensure their successful implementation and their contribution to sustainability in European cities. Two questionnaires of users' needs analysis were designed and implemented in Berlin, Bologna, Budapest, and Cartagena. The results unveiled the need to re-enforce the training in the formation and community building phases of community gardens towards ensuring the creation of an engaged gardening community to maintain activity, particularly for top-down activities (e.g., research-related gardens). Users claimed their need for being trained on crop management skills (e.g., maintenance, bed preparation, organic practices) and on communication skills to further disseminate their activity, thereby increasing the potential for citizen engagement. Such requirements could be overcome with the creation of urban gardens networks, where experiences and knowledge are shared among practitioners. Policy recommendations are provided based on the outputs of this study.
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