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Sustaining Collective Action in Urban Community Gardens

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This paper presents an agent-based model that explores the conditions for ongoing participation in community gardening projects. We tested the effects of Ostrom's well-known Design Principles for collective action and used an extensive database collected in 123 cases in Germany and two case studies in the Netherlands to validate it. The model used the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework and integrated decision mechanisms derived from the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA). This allowed us to analyse volunteer participation in urban community gardens over time, based on the garden's institutions (Design Principles) and the volunteer's intention to join gardening. This intention was influenced by the volunteer's expectations and past experiences in the garden (TRA). We found that not all Design Principles lead to higher levels of participation but rather, participation depends on specific combinations of the Design Principles. We highlight the need to update the assumption about sanctioning in such systems: sanctioning is not always beneficial, and may be counter-productive in certain contexts.

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  • Arthur Feinberg & Elena Hooijschuur & Nicole Rogge & Amineh Ghorbani & Paulien Herder, 2021. "Sustaining Collective Action in Urban Community Gardens," Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 24(3), pages 1-3.
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    1. Amineh Ghorbani & Pieter Bots & Virginia Dignum & Gerard Dijkema, 2013. "MAIA: a Framework for Developing Agent-Based Social Simulations," Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 16(2), pages 1-9.
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    1. Valentina Cattivelli, 2023. "Review and Analysis of the Motivations Associated with Urban Gardening in the Pandemic Period," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-18, January.

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