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Edible Garden Cities: Rethinking Boundaries and Integrating Hedges into Scalable Urban Food Systems

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  • David Adams

    (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK)

  • Peter J. Larkham

    (College of the Built Environment, Birmingham City University, Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG, UK)

  • Michael Hardman

    (School of Science Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK)

Abstract

Connecting to and extending recent debates around more-than-human thinking, this paper explores how porous boundary treatments and plot layouts might encourage ecological exchanges within new urban and peri-urban developments. This study therefore responds to suggestions for innovative plot designs that facilitate positive trans-species interactions, especially considering wider anxieties surrounding biodiversity loss and recognition of the need for climate-resilient garden spaces. Focusing on a recent example of a large-scale residential development in the English midlands, this paper outlines the socio-economic, cultural and ecological significance of embedding different hedgerow designs into early planning considerations; revealing the need to move beyond current models. The discussion then turns to how such ambitions might encourage sustainable land use, particularly through creating potentially scalable urban agricultural systems that sustain healthy food choices.

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  • David Adams & Peter J. Larkham & Michael Hardman, 2023. "Edible Garden Cities: Rethinking Boundaries and Integrating Hedges into Scalable Urban Food Systems," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-20, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:12:y:2023:i:10:p:1915-:d:1258589
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    1. Joe Nasr & Matthew Potteiger, 2023. "Spaces, Systems and Infrastructures: From Founding Visions to Emerging Approaches for the Productive Urban Landscape," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-22, February.
    2. Lisa Höpfl & Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel & Michael Hensel & Ferdinand Ludwig, 2021. "Initiating Research into Adapting Rural Hedging Techniques, Hedge Types, and Hedgerow Networks as Novel Urban Green Systems," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-24, May.
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