The main objective of the Action is to create a research platform on
which Allotment Gardens (AG) and their relevance for sustainable urban
development in Europe will be comprehend and managed, and also their
impacts from social, ecological and urban design perspectives will be
studied. During the last 20 years, there can be seen both, a revival of
interest in AG by urban residents especially in large cities and a
simultaneous competition from other kinds of land use. The
multi-character and partly contradictory nature of the AG makes it a
relevant issue to be studied within different European urban contexts.
Through selected case studies and in-depth research (into the areas of
policy and urban development, sociology, ecology, urban design), the
initiative will showcase the state-of-the-art, challenges and
opportunities. The relevance and potential of AG for urban development
so far has not been studied from a European perspective. The Action will
contribute to a better understanding of framing conditions for policy
measurements in different European countries through different outputs
such as the development of a Comparative Rating System.
- Title Original : Urban Allotment Gardens in European Cities - Future, Challenges and Lessons Learned
- Website : http://
- Project start : 2012
- Project end : 2014
- Contact Person : Eva Schwab
- Funding Agency : COST Action TU 1201; European Science Foundation
- Project Partners : http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/tud/Actions/TU1201?parties