Connected backyard gardening as a platform for suburban community building in Adelaide, Australia

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ID12811366
AutoresJungho Suh (0000-0002-9580-6327, The University of Adelaide, autor de correspondencia), Laura Auberson (The University of Adelaide), Sharon Ede (Government of South Australia)
Año2021
Volumen53
Número1
Páginas21-38
Fecha de publicación2021-06-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCommunity Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1557-5330 • E-ISSN: 1944-7485
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15575330.2021.1936103
OpenAlexW3166888099
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas30

In a connected backyard gardening scheme, the backyards of neighboring houses are connected through mutually accessible gates so that the individual households can benefit from the sharing of resources, and develop social links with neighbors. This study highlights the significance of connected backyard gardening in terms of community building, based on interviews with a group of five households and a group of three households from two suburban streets in Adelaide, Australia. The study has found that these connected backyard gardens are a new form of intentional communities. They have demonstrated it is possible to carry out a sharing economy, a circular economy, and a platform economy in a small scale yet collective and innovative manner. The spread of connected backyard gardening in Adelaide is being challenged by land-subdivision pressure favoring urban infill. The study suggests the social benefits of collective residential gardening should be factored into city planning

Archaeology · Civil engineering · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Environmental planning · Geography · Infill · Scale (ratio · Sense of community · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Subdivision · Engineering · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Organic Food and Agriculture · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability