Edible Garden Cities: Rethinking Boundaries and Integrating Hedges into Scalable Urban Food Systems
Adams, David and Larkham, Peter J. and Hardman, Michael (2023) Edible Garden Cities: Rethinking Boundaries and Integrating Hedges into Scalable Urban Food Systems. Land, 12 (10). p. 1915. ISSN 2073-445X
|
Text
land-12-01915-v2.pdf - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (79MB) |
Abstract
Connecting to and extending recent debates around more-than-human thinking, this paper explores how porous boundary treatments and plot layouts might encourage ecological exchanges within new urban and peri-urban developments. This study therefore responds to suggestions for innovative plot designs that facilitate positive trans-species interactions, especially considering wider anxieties surrounding biodiversity loss and recognition of the need for climate-resilient garden spaces. Focusing on a recent example of a large-scale residential development in the English midlands, this paper outlines the socio-economic, cultural and ecological significance of embedding different hedgerow designs into early planning considerations; revealing the need to move beyond current models. The discussion then turns to how such ambitions might encourage sustainable land use, particularly through creating potentially scalable urban agricultural systems that sustain healthy food choices.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101915 | ||||||
| Dates: |
|
||||||
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | hedges, boundaries, urban food systems, suburban design, England, planning | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-02 - building CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-04 - planning (urban, rural and regional) |
||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Engineering and the Built Environment > Dept. of Built Environment | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Gemma Tonks | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2023 12:29 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2023 12:29 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14843 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
Tools
Tools