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A Bibliometric Analysis of Current Knowledge Structure and Research Progress Related to Urban Community Garden Systems

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  • Hua Zheng

    (College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
    Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo 271-8510, Japan
    Key Laboratory of Landscaping, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing 210095, China)

  • Min Guo

    (College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
    Key Laboratory of Landscaping, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing 210095, China)

  • Qian Wang

    (Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo 271-8510, Japan)

  • Qinghai Zhang

    (College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
    Key Laboratory of Landscaping, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing 210095, China)

  • Noriko Akita

    (Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo 271-8510, Japan)

Abstract

Community gardens offer broad research opportunities and analytical resources encompassing urban planning to environmental sustainability, food systems, and social capital. However, little is known about the knowledge structure and research development related to community gardens. This study presents an in-depth bibliometric performance analysis and visual scientific mapping analysis of the literature on community gardens by examining 487 published papers selected from the Web of Science database. The results indicated a considerable rise in research papers in this subject area from 2012 onwards, with most contributions from the United States. Studies from high-income countries accounted for 93.22%, and 38 countries have cooperated 167 times in this field. “Health” is the most frequent keyword, and the terms “ecosystem services” has been gaining popularity over the last five years. A combination of co-citation clustering and keyword co-occurrence clustering analysis identified three major research themes in the field of community gardens: “ecosystem services and disservices”, “multidimensional association”, and “sustainable garden systems”. The development of ecosystem value assessment frameworks, the establishment of region-wide soil monitoring databases, accounting for the cost-effectiveness of nature-based solutions, the integration of garden systems into smart cities, and the integration of water management into regulation will be important future research directions regarding community gardens. Overall, this study provides scholars with a systematic and quantitative understanding of community gardens.

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  • Hua Zheng & Min Guo & Qian Wang & Qinghai Zhang & Noriko Akita, 2023. "A Bibliometric Analysis of Current Knowledge Structure and Research Progress Related to Urban Community Garden Systems," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-34, January.
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