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Градските градини: възможност за разгръщане на градското земеделие чрез потенциала на неправителствените организации
Urban Gardens: Possibilities for Development of Urban Farming by Unleashing the Potential of the NGOs

Author(s): Emilia Chengelova
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Economy, Education, Micro-Economics, Agriculture, Culture and social structure , Social differentiation, Human Ecology, Rural and urban sociology, Economic development, Human Resources in Economy, Business Ethics, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: urban farming; urban gardens; social communities

Summary/Abstract: The article considers urban gardens as a typical urban farming practice, with a high potential for organizing social energy and the emergence of intensive and sustainable social relationships in time. There are four models for urban gardens, which were created on different occasions but successfully implemented by non-governmental organizations on the territory of a metropolitan municipality. The article reveals the specificities of the functions that urban gardens perform and proves that the non-governmental sector has a huge role to play in promoting urban farming practices and unleashing the potential of urban gardens. Through in-depth interviews, the enthusiasm and the high social commitment of people who have implemented urban gardening initiatives are demonstrated. The models presented could be implemented as examples of the deployment of urban agriculture in the capital.

  • Issue Year: XLIV/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 390-409
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Bulgarian