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Urban Gardening – An Integrative Approach

Abstract: We are witnesses of intensive urban gardening development [1, 2]. This fact open question: Is urban gardening the fashion, utopia or our future? The aim of this paper is to explore literature and praxis to find the answers of above question respecting integrative approach. Our goal is to compare those three aspects of urban gardening searching for the dominant one. Methodology used in this paper is based on the World Café Method [3] with participants who are experts from the fields of biology, chemistry and geography. Our research results show that the future aspect of urban gardening has a primary and dominant role, although aspects of fashion and utopia deliver interesting impulses provided by this interdisciplinary approach. The contribution of our paper is multidimensional. On the theoretical level it provides the overview about urban agriculture and gardening. On the empirical level our paper reflects complexity of urban gardening and its importance for the future. On both levels, on theoretical and empirical as well, our paper contributes to widen the awareness of sustainability. Keywords: urban agriculture ; sustainability ; world café method ; interdisciplinary approach [1] S. Golden, Urban Agriculture Impacts: Social, Health, and Economics: A Literature Review (2013) University of California [2] C. Müller, Auf der Suche nach einem neuen Natur-Kultur-Verhältnis (2016) pp. 1-10. ; www.degrowth.info/de [3] www.theworldcafe.com/

urban agriculture ; sustainability ; world café method ; interdisciplinary approach

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