Cultivating nature-based solutions: The governance of communal urban gardens in the European Union

Environmental Research

Volumn 159, Issue , 2017, Pages 264-275

  van der Jagt, Alexander P N ^a,b   Szaraz, Luca R ^c   Delshammar, Tim ^d   Cvejić, Rozalija ^e   Santos, Artur ^f   Goodness, Julie ^g   Buijs, Arjen ^h  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Department of Streets and Parks ^*  (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Governance; Nature based solutions; Participation; Social resilience; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; LAND USE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUROPEAN UNION; GARDENS; HUMANS;

EID: 85027588964     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.08.013     Document Type: Article

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