Long a subject of study in the global South, the topic of citizen-driven, bottom-up, non-
professionally produced urbanism has received increasing attention in professional and …

The economic crisis has triggered the popularisation and roll out of various forms of informal
urbanism, aimed at influencing the future shape of places as well as the way they are …

Many definitions of social sustainability focus on community engagement and economic
equity as the main determinants of social sustainability. Measures to achieve social …

As municipalities across the global North highlight urban agriculture as a marker of their
'greenness', how can we best understand how the spaces and practices of urban food …

This article explores the role of local particularism in relation to the global interest in urban
agriculture (UA). A growing movement is advocating UA, but future prospects are limited by …

Representative of many developed cities in China, Shanghai is entering a new urban
regeneration phase as the city adopts a more humanist approach to improve the quality of …

My undergraduate programme did not require me to do a dissertation or research project,
and I missed out on doing a master's degree. So, my first experience of research was some …

The paper reports on a study of community gardening in Stockholm. We contribute to the
body of knowledge about the sustainability of community gardens and this new form of …

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 …

Increasing urbanisation is placing significant development pressure upon our urban spaces
and green infrastructure. Allotments have strong cultural roots in the urban domain with …