Participatory design and self-building in shared urban open spaces : community gardens and casitas in New York City

Summary: The book investigates the development of community gardens with self-built structures, which have existed as a shared public open space land use form in New York City's low-come neighborhoods like the South Bronx since the 1970s. These gardens have continued to be part of the urban landscape until today, despite conflicting land use interests, changing residents groups and contradictory city planning. Both community gardens and self-built structures are created in a participatory design and self-built effort by urban residents and are an expression of the individual gardeners' preferences, their cultural background and the decisions made by the managing residents' group in regards to the needs of their neighborhood. Ultimately community gardens with self-built structures are an expression of the people's will to commonly use this land for open and enclosed structures next to their homes in the city and need to be included in future urban planning.

Record details

ISBN: 3319755137
ISBN: 9783319755137
ISBN: 3319755145
ISBN: 9783319755144
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Chapter 8: Participatory Design of Community Gardens and Self-Built Structures: Lessons from Field ExperiencesParticipatory Design and Construction of Community Gardens; Participatory Design and Use of Shared Open Spaces; Involvement of Professionals in the Participatory Design Process; Participatory Building Process and Materials; Lessons from the Participatory Design of the "Gardenhaus"; Citywide Regulations for Self-Built Structures in Community Gardens; Participatory Development of the Gardenhaus; Looking Back at the Design of the Gardenhaus Structure
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 17, 2018).