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Harmadyová, Ema. ""Body Gardening"." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta výtvarných umění, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-232323.

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Clatworthy, J. "Gardening and wellbeing." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2012. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/11182/.

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Section A is a literature review, exploring the psychological theories behind gardening-based mental health interventions and providing an overview of the current evidence to support their use. It builds on the last comprehensive review conducted in 2003, finding that the evidence-base has developed considerably over the past decade but that there is still a need for higher quality research in this field. Section B considers the value of gardening in promoting wellbeing in a non-clinical sample. A qualitative study is presented in which six suburban allotment-holders completed in-depth interviews about their allotment gardening and its perceived impact on their wellbeing. Transcripts were subjected to Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Seven main themes emerged from the data: fundamental importance of food, protection and safety, feeling connected, esteem, pleasure of being in nature, development and values. Parallels were drawn between these themes and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. While each participant talked to some extent about all of the themes, a different theme was dominant for each individual, suggesting that allotments are flexible environments that may enable people to meet their individual needs, in order to enhance wellbeing. Implications for clinical and community psychology are discussed.
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Awerbuck, Diane. "Gardening at night." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7756.

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Smith, Ann Marie. "Physical health behaviors of gardening and non-gardening parents and their children." Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/7043.

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Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources
Candice A. Shoemaker
Professionals in health promotion are starting to look at gardening as a strategy for health behavior change. This popular leisure time activity provides access to physical activity and fresh fruits and vegetables for consumption, two behaviors consistently recommended for optimum physical health. Coupled with a lifestyle low in sedentary behavior these behaviors can offset the health risks of the prevailing trends of overweight and obesity. Spending time outdoors is associated with higher levels of physical activity, while screen based behaviors are associated with unhealthy eating. No studies to date have looked at the health behaviors of gardeners, or the effects it may have on their family’s health behaviors. The purpose of this report is to examine, through descriptive research, the health behaviors of gardening and non-gardening parents and their fourth or fifth grade child. Surveys were administered to a convenience sample of 366 fourth and fifth grade students and their guardians within a school district in Riley County, Kansas. The survey assessed the physical health behaviors mentioned above; comparisons were made according to parental classification of gardener (n=189) or non-gardener (n=177). Significant association was found with gardening classification and adult self-reports of the number of days and amount of time respondents participated in moderate to vigorous physical activity. The median days per week parents reported participation in moderate to vigorous physical activity was 3 for non-gardeners, and 4 for gardeners and was influenced by gender. Eighty-seven percent of gardeners compared to 59.3% of non-gardeners reported meeting the current physical activity recommendation of 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity activity.
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Thordin, Sofia, and Mihaela-Adriana Nițu. "Community Gardening Initiatives - Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Community Gardening Participation in Sydhavn." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21725.

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The waterfront community of Sydhavn in Copenhagen, Denmark is architecturally praised, but also criticized for its lack of public green space. Residents in the area have self-organized a community gardening initiative to combat this lack of greenery. The thesis aims to explore this occurrence by providing an analysis of the attitudes and behaviors towards social and environmental aspects of sustainability and individual residents’ resistance or support towards community gardening initiatives. The research design is based on quantitative methods with an exploratory purpose, using an online survey methodology. The main findings show that there is an association among knowledge of sustainability concepts, sustainable attitudes and behaviors, and interest in community gardening participation in the study population. Moreover, individuals who indicate no interest in community gardening lack a desire to join in the future, although they may be encouraged to do so with more education and advertisement. Generally, the study population feels positively towards community gardening and feels there is a need for it in the area. Further research may investigate aspects such as politics and policies related to community gardening and replicate a similar study in a different sociodemographic context to see how the results differ. The results of this study have practical implications for academics, built environment practitioners, and community gardening organizers.
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Åberg, Ida. "Imagining Urban Gardening Space : An Ethnographic Study of Urban Gardening in Sweden." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Statsvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-157137.

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Urban gardening is a phenomenon that increasingly occupies the limited space in cities. In discourse, urban gardening is constructed as a positive element and as something that can build a productive environment in urban areas. However, using urban space for gardening raises questions about the delimitations of public space. This thesis examines the boundaries for gardening practices in urban public space by mapping out the dominant descriptions of the phenomenon and then analyzing how some articulations make it possible for citizens to claim urban space for gardening. The study uses an ethnographic approach and the empirical material includes participant observations at an urban garden in Stockholm as well as articulations found in the media, interviews, and social media posts as well as participant observations at urban gardens, expos and seminars on urban gardening. The theoretical framework is informed by poststructuralist discourse theory, psychoanalysis and critical geography. The main results show that urban gardens renegotiate boundaries of property due to their semi-public character. Furthermore, affective bindings in the garden create a fantasy of an authentic relationship with nature, which gives force to the positive discourse of urban gardening and makes it possible for urban gardens to inhabit urban public space.

In the printed version of the thesis the series names Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences, Licentiate Thesis and Faculty of Arts and Sciences Thesis are incorrcet. Correct series name is FiF-avhandling - Filosofiska fakulteten – Linköpings universitet. The series namnes are corrected in the online version of the thesis.

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Sarr, Carla. "Rhetorical Gardening: Greening Composition." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1504795919562701.

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Johnson, Susan. "Models of gardening in education." Thesis, University of Reading, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367335.

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Young, Kelly M. "Container Gardening In The Southwest Desert." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625429.

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Vikström, Jenny. "Motivations behind gardening in a rapidly urbanizing landscape - a case study of urban gardening in Bangalore, India." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-148718.

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India’s IT-capital Bangalore is experiencing rapid urbanization causing diminishing greenery and biodiversity. Urbanization contributes to disconnecting humans from nature, further contributing to environmental degradation, since connecting with nature is crucial for fostering pro-environmental behaviour and stewardship which is required for urban resilience. The city’s long legacy of home gardening has been threatened by the city growth, however, Bangaloreans are finding new ways of engaging in gardening. This study gives an inside perspective of how and why middle class Bangaloreans choose to engage in gardening, building on interviews with 24 terrace and community gardeners, and identification of 6 community garden initiatives. The terrace gardening movement emerged during the 1990s, and have now spread to engage several thousands of citizens, growing on their rooftops across the city, however, community gardening is a ‘new’ phenomenon. The motivations expressed by gardeners are, in this study, categorised in motivational drivers and direct benefits. Motivational drivers affect the gardener’s desire to engage and these drivers are identified as memories, cultural values and beliefs, experiences of urbanization, perception of risk and external influence. Direct benefits are the benefits they get from gardening, identified as material, psychological and social benefits. The main motivations stated were the benefits of healthy food and connecting with nature. Terrace gardeners have a strong network and the main platform for interaction is social media, and many community gardeners are also part of that forum, where experiences and knowledge are shared. Gardeners use natural and organic practices and many have a desire to preserve traditional species and methods. This indicates that urban gardening is a way of stewardship of urban (agro)biodiversity and thus requires increased attention, for overcoming challenges related to management and lack of perseverance, and for contributing to city resilience through human and nature connections through gardening.
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Mashego, Distshwanelo Cynthia. "The production of vegetable crops under protection for small-scale farming situations." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07112006-125158/.

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Webber, Jo. "Allotment gardening, connectedness to nature and wellbeing." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2013. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/12481/.

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The potential for green interventions to promote mental wellbeing and reduce mental distress is increasingly being recognised (Mind, 2007). Preliminary evidence suggests that allotment gardening activities may have a significant effect on mental wellbeing, but a paucity of research, particularly in non-clinical populations, has been highlighted (Partridge, 2010). A cross-sectional online survey of 171 allotment gardeners was conducted. Measures of subjective wellbeing (quality of life), eudaimonic wellbeing, connectedness to nature and preference for solitude were administered. Qualitative data were also collected through open-ended questions. Allotment gardeners’ scores on measures of environmental quality of life and eudaimonic wellbeing were significantly higher than those reported in the literature, but social quality of life was lower in allotment gardeners. Regression analysis showed that time spent on the allotment during summer predicted eudaimonic wellbeing. This relationship was fully mediated by feelings of connectedness to nature. A relationship was observed between spending time on the allotment and preference for solitude. Four main themes emerged from the qualitative data: allotments provided a space of one’s own, meaningful activity, increased feelings of connectedness, and improved physical and mental health. The results suggest that allotment gardening is associated with increased eudaimonic wellbeing, but not subjective wellbeing (also referred to as hedonic wellbeing). Furthermore, a mechanism through which allotment gardening enhances wellbeing is suggested: increased connectedness to nature. Limitations of the current study and clinical and research implications are discussed.
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Cartwright, Kelly Sue. "Exploring the Human Dimension of Conservation Gardening." Thesis, Prescott College, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10113610.

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Conservation gardening incorporates environmentally friendly techniques into the care of urban landscapes. Prior research has demonstrated an ecological benefit of this approach to residential land management. This research was undertaken to better understand the individuals who partake in conservation gardening. A mail questionnaire was developed that included several connection to nature indicators, an outdoor recreation inventory, and demographic questions. Participants (n = 180) included individuals from three regional conservation gardening certification programs in the US. Study participants demonstrated high connection to nature across multiple indicators, and environmental concern was motivated by non-human species and other people as opposed to personal benefit. The connection to nature indicators employed in the study demonstrated high correlation with each other. Conservation gardeners were active in outdoor recreation; high participation rates were documented in the categories of bird watching, gardening, and hiking, with moderate participation rates in kayaking, and cycling. Several demographic trends were evident in the study population. Participants tended to be older, well-educated, above-average earners, pet owners, and the majority of individuals were female. Employment status of participants was divided equally among being a homemaker, working full-time or being self-employed, and being retired, and over half of the individuals in the survey were volunteers. This research established baseline data for the conservation gardening population, identified avenues for future research, and provided suggestions for reaching populations not currently represented in the conservation gardening community.

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Johnson, Michelle E. "Gardening in the Early Childhood Education Setting." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8545.

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Morris, Matt. "A history of Christchurch home gardening from colonisation to the Queen's visit: gardening culture in a particular society and environment." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Culture, Literature and Society, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/936.

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Garden histories since the mid 1990s have increasingly turned to studies of vernacular gardens as sites of identity formation. More recently, the development of environmental history and specifically urban environmental history has started to show how vernacular gardening in suburban and urban spaces has contributed to changes in urban environments. Relatively little work on home gardening history in this sense has been undertaken in the New Zealand context, while in Australia such work is well underway. This study augments knowledge of home gardening history in New Zealand by focussing on one urban area, Christchurch, known both as the 'Garden City' and as 'one of the most English cities outside of England'. An examination of gardening literature over the period from European colonisation in 1850 to the first visit to the city by a reigning monarch in 1954 highlights changes in gardening tropes rather than particular garden fashions or elements. The four principal tropes of abundance, beauty, protection and sustenance, each supported with a particular kind of ritual-like garden competition, show how gardening discourses related to ideas about the maintenance of the social and cultural order. A more objective measure of attitudes to gardens is gained by examining 1823 property advertisements across the period. Categorised by suburb this analysis shows a level of gardening variation across the city. Following this analysis, case studies of four suburbs in three areas were undertaken. These were based primarily on oral histories and reveal the extent of gardening variation across the city, and the limited but significant effect that gardening discourses had on gardens. This suggests methodological problems with many studies of vernacular gardens, as well as opportunities for further studies. This thesis also demonstrates the value of home gardening histories to urban environmental history, particularly with regard to the former colonies of the British Empire.
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Adshead, Lesley. "Gardening across the life course : a qualitative study of the meaning of everyday gardening and its links with well-being." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2012. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/gardening-across-the-life-course(170fd664-6621-4e07-bf8f-834c9a78ec8d).html.

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There is a mass of common lore about the reasons people garden and the benefits they derive from gardening but little academic study into the topic. The literature has tended to take a snapshot look at gardening with little consideration of the patterning to people's experience across their lives. This study takes a life course perspective and investigates ways in which people's relationship to their garden, and the meanings they ascribe to gardening, vary at different ages and stages. It considers the links between these meanings and the well-being of the gardeners. The study is qualitative and draws on interviews with 25 gardeners in the UK, aged between 25 and 94 years. A small sample of autobiographical garden writing is also used as a data source. The study is influenced by phenomenological, biographical, narrative, and grounded theory approaches. Thematic analysis builds on narrative methods and on case by case comparison. The analysis indicates that most of the meanings associated with gardening emerged in childhood and include 'escape', 'fun and pleasure', 'aesthetic appreciation', 'care and responsibility', 'control', and 'connections'. Across the life course these meanings continue to be available to gardeners but are brought to the fore at different times and under influences which may lie within the individual or in broader social or historical forces. Life events were experienced as times for greater urgency to garden, and provide a lens through which the 'goods' of gardening can be brought into stark relief. At such times gardening is seen to support identity maintenance and offers strategies and resources for coping with major life changes. It is argued that gardening, because it evokes meanings which encompass emotional, psychological, social, spiritual and physical elements, is particularly well placed to support people at such times.
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Diaz, Heather. "Ploughshares as swords: gardening for victory and meaning." Thesis, Boston University, 2007. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/28561.

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PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
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Willow, Diane. "Gardening the elements in a landscape of technology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70658.

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Thesis (M.S.V.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1992.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-65).
Gardening the Elements in a Landscape of Technology discusses three multisensory environmental sculptures: Wave Garden, Eyes of the Wind, and Thermal Delight. Each of these installations explores the relationship between people, nature and technology. It is my thesis that technology can be used to enhance the intimacy of our experiences with natural phenomena. Each of these interactive sculptures is inspired by my encounters with common natural phenomena. The form, materials and choice of technology which comprise these environmental sculptures are guided by the quality of sensory experience inherent in the phenomena which they explore.
by Diane Willow.
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Jamonnak, Suphanut. "LITTLE BOTANY: A MOBILE EDUCATIONAL GAME FOR GARDENING." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1479080799053076.

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Lee, Maggie. "Singing the Praises of Gardening in the Shade." University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/555920.

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Soleri, Daniela. "FOOD GARDENS AND SOME CHARACTERISTICS DISTINGUISHING GARDENING AND NON-GARDENING HOME-OWNING HOUSEHOLDS IN A LOW-INCOME CENSUS TRACT OF TUCSON, ARIZONA." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275559.

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Urben-Imbeault, Tamara. "Vertical gardening in a northern city; speculations for Winnipeg." Land 8 - Landscape Architecture Network, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30769.

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This practicum is a reference for vertical gardeners in cold climates. Winnipeg, Manitoba is explored, however findings may be applied to other cities in similar climates. First, the history of vertical gardening is discussed, then the types of vertical gardens currently on the market are described. These can be classified into two categories: soil bearing or non-soil bearing. Most designs are modular pre-planted systems that can be attached to any wall, as long as it satisfies the structural requirements recommended by the manufacturer. The benefits of vertical gardening have been shown to be rather extensive, covering a wide range of areas. Aesthetic improvement, reduction of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, improvement of air quality, stormwater absorption, noise reduction, native habitat integration, reduction of heating and cooling costs for buildings, food production, marketing, and biophilia are all benefits explored in detail. Difficulties associated with vertical gardening are discussed, specifically the lack of knowledge and awareness of vertical gardens, lack of empirical evidence (or missing details in existing research), overall cost and lack of financial incentives, lack of industry codes, and various associated risks. Design framework exists within microclimate conditions unique to vertical gardens, as well as neighbourhood and regional (micro)climates. Theories relating to the study of green walls covered include the human ecosystem model, urban reconciliation ecology, habitat templating, the urban cliff hypothesis, and wall ecology. Suitable habitat templates identified for vertical gardens in Winnipeg are cliffs, sand dunes, alvars, mixed grass prairie and prairie potholes. Design parameters to be followed for vertical garden design in Winnipeg are to ensure that lightweight materials are used, to provide insulation to protect plants from sudden temperature changes, to choose plants that grow in the region and are adapted to grow in areas with limited soil, increased wind, varying degrees of sunlight (depending on orientation), and increased pollution and salt spray depending on location.
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Whittaker, Victoria. "Social change performed through the practice of allotment gardening." Thesis, Aston University, 2017. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/33351/.

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This thesis asks what the practice of allotment gardening can tell us about social change. Through interviews and participant observation, it explores allotment gardening as a food provisioning practice, and interrogates how it fits with other food-provisioning practices. It also seeks to situate allotment gardening – in which the individual is both producer and consumer –within an alternative food network paradigm, and tease out whether this distinction makes a difference to how individuals approach issues of ethical consumption. I draw on Giddens’s structuration theory and contemporary practice theory to identify the elements of allotment gardening as a practice. Subsequently, I use the data collected from my fieldwork to reflect upon the strengths and limitations of practice theory as an analytical approach to social change. My findings indicate that allotment gardeners did not systematically share the motivations of ethical consumers but that allotment gardening nonetheless achieved some of the aims of ethical consumption. My research also makes a twofold contribution to contemporary practice theory. First, detailed data analysis demonstrates the multi-layered role that social geographic notions of place/space play in the performance of allotment practice; a dimension which could be more fully developed in further research. Second, in support of current thinking that practices must be analysed not in isolation but in combination if we are to account for social change, I argue that a shift in emphasis is necessary to realise the potential of Reckwitz’s notion of the individual as the ‘unique crossing point’ of practices. This involves situating the individual as the determining element within practice, rather than just one element among others. My data further demonstrates how focusing on the individual as a crossing point of social networks reveals the significant impact that relationships have upon practices.
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Bal, Sucheta. "Urban Agriculture / Community Gardening: Starting and Maintaining Successful Programs." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1242870589.

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Thesis (Master of Community Planning)--University of Cincinnati, 2009.
Advisor: Carla Chifos. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed July 29, 2009). Includes abstract. Keywords: urban agriculture; community gardening; community development; best practices; programming. Includes bibliographical references.
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Parsons, Ann Bernardene. "Designing a resource guide for horticultural therapy programs at botanical gardens and arboreta." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104531.

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Schupp, Justin. "Exploring the Social Bases of Home Gardeners." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253233452.

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Segre, Ada Vittorina. "Horticultural traditions and the emergence of the flower garden in Italy." Thesis, University of York, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.282286.

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Chan, Shun-tim, and 陳順甜. "Social performance of communal sky garden in a dense urban city -- Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/202297.

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As a result of rapid proliferation of urbanization, there is an insufficient supply of green spaces in dense urban city while the population and living density are both very high. This insufficiency associates with a number of problems on both individual and community. Communal sky garden (CSG) thus turns into an alternative solution as a co-existence between building and vegetation within the same plot of land for the enjoyment of the occupants of the respective development. This study aims at examining the design elements which affect the social performance of CSG for high rise buildings in dense city. There are totally 25 number of residential developments which have the provision of CSG since the issuance of Joint Practice Note No.1 and No.2 in 2001. Eight of them have been selected for the Study. The sky garden design of these developments has been examined and analyzed from different perspectives which include building controls, on-site measurements and observations, questionnaire survey and interviews. Views from public, developers and design professional have also been collected to generate a holistic review on such provision. Several features which are unique to CSG has been identified. The most apparent one is the provision couples with the refuge floor while the layout is dictated by the typical floor plate. It thus imposes limitations on the design and the schedule of accommodations. Also, based on the design layout and characteristics, the eight selected ases have been classified and categorized into four CSG typologies, namely (i) typical type; (ii) linked-up type; (iii) duplex type; and (iv) balcony type. These typologies facilitate the review and analysis of the current provision of CSG. The findings from fieldworks have exhibited that people’s perception on CSG is positive. Its provision is highly supported and appreciated nevertheless of their infrequent use rate. When designing CSG, the considerations are slightly different from those designed at street or ground floor level. Greening is still considered as important which has been validated in the current Study; open views from CSG and its tranquil environment which are unique to the provision constitute the primary concerns of users when consider visiting the garden. These conditions offer an alternative space for residents of the respective development to relax and relieve stress. However, the role of CSG cannot be overemphasized; it, in fact, is complementary to the open space system by providing a garden at “doorstep” for residents particularly for those developments lacking competing facilities such as podium garden and nearby open space. Hence, the provision is not only environmentally sustainable, but also socially sustainable in terms of improving physical health and well-being of residents and their quality of life. This Study also offers a significant reference for the comprehensive design and in-depth understanding on the value and role of CSG in the built environment especially for high rise residential buildings in dense city. The collected findings and the deliverables provide a good reference in future CSG provision in Hong Kong.
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Brunet, Donna A. "Butterfly gardening using volunteers to provide data on flower use /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4624.

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The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 22, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.
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Park, Sin-Ae. "Gardening as a physical activity for health in older adults." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/459.

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Bwika, Rehema Ahmed. "Community gardening practices, motivations, experiences, perceived health effects and policy." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38310.

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For the purposes of this study, a community garden was defined as an urban space that is divided into plots and assigned to individuals or households, who share in communal responsibilities and decision-making. A literature review found that little research exists regarding community gardening, particularly in relation to policy but also to some aspects of health. There were also similarities in the research between community gardening, gardening in general, and social and therapeutic horticulture (STH). The aims of this study were to explore the motivations, experiences and practices of community gardeners and garden coordinators within the City of Vancouver, and become familiar with key characteristics of community gardens; to investigate any health effects perceived in relation to community gardening; and to examine the role of policy in shaping community gardening in Metro Vancouver and other municipalities. Using a listing of community gardens provided by the City of Vancouver, garden coordinators were contacted and requested to participate in the study by completing a brief survey on phone or electronically, and by forwarding a request for participation to their gardeners. Besides email, gardeners were also recruited at garden events, and were thereafter interviewed on phone for approximately an hour. For emotional and social well-being, as well as nutrition, community gardening was perceived to be highly beneficial. For mental abilities, physical fitness and financial status it was found to have little to no substantial benefit or harm, given that, for the latter two, most community gardeners were regularly involved in more rigorous physical activity, and were also socioeconomically secure. Most gardeners were also less than 50 years of age, female, Caucasian, highly educated and high income earners, and most gardens were located in middle income neighborhoods, with an average of 64 plots, a mean area of half a city block, and a mean age of 10 years. Most Metro Vancouver municipalities had at least one community garden, but no policies in place that were exclusive to community gardening.
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Bartos, James Michael. "Wilderness and grove : gardening with trees in England 1688-1750." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.633451.

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This thesis establishes the importance of the wilderness to the design and planting of English gardens in the late seventeenth and the first half of the eighteenth centuries. Not only was the wilderness an important feature amongst other designed elements of the garden, but it was fundamental to the making of gardens during the period. In its mature form the wilderness constituted most or the whole of the designed area. Writers on garden history in the recent past have generally overlooked the importance of the wilderness to gardens of this period and have failed to perceive that the mature wilderness constituted the context in which the garden existed. As an ornamental grove, the wilderness benefited from classical, biblical and historical associations with trees and groves of trees. The thesis analyses four themes of the period: the grove as a sacred place, with both classical and biblical connotations; the grove as a pleasant place of retirement; the Druidical grove; and the association of planting, particularly the oak, with patriotism and family. Garden writers discussed the form and content of the wilderness from 1700 until the 1770s, and these writings are closely considered in order to ascertain the physical aspects of the wilderness that the writers described and prescribed. A brief analysis of precedents for the English wilderness in Italy, France and Holland precedes the principal section of the thesis, which traces the development of the wilderness in English gardens through the creation of a typology of distinct types. Although modern garden historians have acknowledged that the wilderness took different forms during this period, no comprehensive analysis of its various forms has previously been attempted The Conclusion considers the relationship amongst wilderness, text and Continental precedent. It also examines the afterlife of the wilderness to conclude that the landscape garden and the shrubbery as they developed later in the century represented the destruction of the wilderness, not its evolution. Finally, it returns to the contemporary cultural and aesthetic values expressed by the wilderness.
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Gunderson, Dean C. "Community Gardening in St. Louis| A Micro-Scale Geographical Analysis." Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1562237.

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A micro-scale geographical analysis of one community garden in St. Louis was carried out in order to discover what gardeners grew, why they grew those plants, and why they organized their garden plots the way they did. A plant survey was used to discover what the gardeners were growing. Semi-structured field interviews were conducted with ten gardeners to explore why they grew the plants they did. A combination of interviews and garden plot maps were used to explore why the gardeners organized their gardens the way they did.

The community gardeners were found to make decisions about their gardens by first considering their past gardening experiences and personal preferences. They then made plant choice and garden layout decisions based on aesthetics, the influence of other people, and to try and maximize their garden. These factors led the gardeners to select certain plants at different frequencies than home gardeners. In particular they grew greens at a much higher rate and crops that required a lot of space and time to reach maturity at a lower rate than home gardeners. The results also revealed that the garden had a definite sense of place for the members. It was not just a production landscape, it was an extension of the gardeners' living space where they learned, taught, and shared with each other.

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Barber, Kezia Mary. "Cultivating biosecurity : governance, citizenship and gardening in Aotearoa, New Zealand." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2008. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1446170/.

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Pitt, Emmie. "Growing together : an ethnography of community gardening as place making." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/53953/.

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This research examines relationships between people and place at three community gardens in Wales by studying processes of place making. Ethnographic methods explored gardeners’ feelings, doings, and interactions with nonhumans to bring a critical perspective to the study of community gardens which better reflects their complexity and vitality. By expanding the range of gardens researched I show that urban and rural community gardens are not categorically distinct, challenging the narrative that city dwellers seek community gardens to reconnect with people and nature. The opportunity to feel good motivates participation but achieving this depends on the degree of control available to gardeners which varies with how a garden is made. I contribute to relational theories of place an empirically grounded discussion which brings them into dialogue with notions of community, arguing that places are not wholly unpredictable as spatial processes can be deliberately directed and interact with feelings. Where Massey suggests places thrown together (2005) I propose a theory of place making as bringing movements together, guided by skill and feelings as we work to achieve goals and pull towards those we have affinity with. I demonstrate how a more dynamic sense of place can be conceived through attention to qualities of motion as the appreciation of a place’s particular constellation of movements and feeling comfortable moving with these rhythms. The case studies show that people find comfort in feeling they belong somewhere but this is a dynamic sense of belonging as moving with others. Garden communities are not determined in place but form through making place, sharing experiences through which gardeners feel at home together. Finally, I question whether new relationships formed through gardening extend across time and space, suggesting that participation in garden life will not necessarily cultivate an ethic of care for others.
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Strohl, Carrie A. "Scientific Literacy in Food Education| Gardening and Cooking in School." Thesis, University of California, Davis, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10036005.

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Recent attention to socio-scientific issues such as sustainable agriculture, environmental responsibility and nutritional health has spurred a resurgence of public interest in gardening and cooking. Seen as contexts for fostering scientific literacy?the knowledge domains, methodological approaches, habits of mind and discourse practices that reflect one?s understanding of the role of science in society, gardening and cooking are under-examined fields in science education, in part, because they are under-utilized pedagogies in school settings. Although learning gardens were used historically to foster many aspects of scientific literacy (e.g., cognitive knowledge, norms and methods of science, attitudes toward science and discourse of science), analysis of contemporary studies suggests that science learning in gardens focuses mainly on science knowledge alone. Using multiple conceptions of scientific literacy, I analyzed qualitative data to demonstrate how exploration, talk and text fostered scientific literacy in a school garden. Exploration prompted students to engage in scientific practices such as making observations and constructing explanations from evidence. Talk and text provided background knowledge and accurate information about agricultural, environmental and nutritional topics under study. Using a similar qualitative approach, I present a case study of a third grade teacher who explicitly taught food literacy through culinary arts instruction. Drawing on numerous contextual resources, this teacher created a classroom community of food practice through hands-on cooking lessons, guest chef demonstrations, and school-wide tasting events. As a result, she promoted six different types of knowledge (conceptual, procedural, dispositional, sensory, social, and communal) through leveraging contextual resources.This case study highlights how food literacy is largely contingent on often-overlooked mediators of food literacy: the relationships between participants, the activity, and the type of knowledge invoked. Scientific literacy in food education continues to be a topic of interest in the fields of public health and of sustainable agriculture, as well as to proponents of the local food movement. This dissertation begins to map a more cohesive and comprehensive approach to gardening and cooking implementation and research in school settings.

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Reid, Deborah Anne. "Unsung heroines of horticulture : Scottish gardening women, 1800 to 1930." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21040.

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This thesis examines the existence, contribution and recognition of Scottish gardening women for the period 1800 to 1930. The focus was conceived in response to the lack of attention given to female Scottish gardeners in traditional narratives of Britain’s, and more specifically, Scotland’s gardening history. Despite evidence to suggest that women have participated in gardening since the development of the earliest gardens, canonical narratives reveal a preoccupation with white, male, often elite plantsmen, many of whom were Scottish, that pay little or no attention to female involvement. The study begins by considering the degree to which Scotland’s gardening men were successful by unpacking their role and influence, how they were able to make a contribution to gardening and the ways in which they were recognised. This is followed by an assessment of the relative invisibility of women within historical gardening narratives. The recent emergence of feminist studies concentrating on the work of women gardeners has helped to correct this imbalance, but their primary focus on English women has highlighted the disparity between the growing awareness of female gardeners in England and the continuing obscurity of their Scottish counterparts. At the heart of this research is an in-depth biographical analysis of thirteen gardening women, which uncovers their work and contributes to an understanding of the history of women gardeners in Scotland at a time when gardening was dominated by men and undergoing a period of growth and professionalisation. The thesis demonstrates that the women went beyond the confines of their own gardens and achieved within the wider, public sphere of horticulture in Scotland. Some made significant collections of seeds and plants, whilst others used their skills as nurserywomen to cultivate them and, in so doing, they played a part in our knowledge and understanding of plant taxonomy. The transition from amateur gardener to professional status was also achieved and, based on the evidence found within this study, some women were instrumental in pioneering women’s entry into professional gardening. However, few were recognised by the horticultural establishment either during their lifetime or posthumously. This thesis sets the women within their cultural context and addresses the impact of factors such as social class, education, family obligations and gendered prejudice on their ability to achieve and the extent to which their work was recognised in comparison to that of their male contemporaries. As a result, it fills the gaps in our knowledge and understanding of Scotland’s gardening women and provides evidence on which to refute the suggestion that their elision from traditional narratives of Scottish garden history is justified.
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Perkins, Jackie L. "Gardening the Gilded Age: Creating the Landscape of the Future." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1621005122403518.

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Walsh, Colleen C. "Gardening Together: Social Capital and the Cultivation of Urban Community." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1295641487.

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Meyer, Megan Lynn. "Assessing How Participation in Gardening Affects Diet Quality: A Review." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/297699.

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Objective. Diet quality is poor in the United States and is an area of concern for the health of the population. Gardening interventions are promising ways to improve diet quality. The most effective gardening method to improve diet quality remains unclear. A systematic review of gardening and nutrition knowledge interventions was conducted to determine interventions that improve diet quality and the most effective intervention. Method. Studies published between 2007 and 2012 were identified through a library database search. Studies involved youth in the United States and the impact of gardening intervention on diet quality. Fruit and vegetable intake, willingness to taste and preference for fruits and vegetables, and other nutrition related outcomes were examined. This review only includes peer-reviewed articles in English. Results. Six studies were reviewed. Four took place on school grounds where the nutrition education and gardening took place within school curriculum and two studies were conducted during youth summer camps. Studies include youth from 8 to 15 years. Conclusion. Findings from this review suggest that garden-based nutrition intervention programs may have the potential to improve diet quality. However, there is still need for well-designed, evidence-based, peer-reviewed studies to determine program effectiveness and impact. Limitations of the studies as well as suggestions for future research directions are provided.
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DEL, MONTE BEATRICE. "VEGETAL POLITICS: A POSTANTHROPOCENTRIC ACCOUNT ON URBAN GARDENING IN ROME." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/719284.

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This thesis is focused on citizens’ based environmental initiatives, particularly concentrating on self-managed urban gardening. My exploration was largely dedicated to the study of vegetal politics. With this term I refer to the open-ended materialdiscursive assemblage of politics and policies carried out by public institutions and groups of citizens in urban green spaces (vegetal politics on the vegetal) and interactions of human and nonhuman actors that co-construct urban green spaces, particularly focusing on the role of vegetal agency (vegetal politics of the vegetal). The research is situated in the field of environmental sociology. The whole research and writing process has been enrooted in postanthropocentric newmaterialist feminisms, which I combined with political ecology. The research was made performing ethnography, which at best could investigate situated material practices of the everyday life. I combined a more classical ethnographic approach (observant participation and semi-structured interviews) with multispecies ethnography (an emergent nonanthropocentric methodology). I selected the city of Rome as my ethnographic terrain. The city is experiencing since at least a decade a structural withdrawal of public institutions in charge of the management of urban spaces and green areas and a large spread of environmental citizens’ based micropolitical practices. The fieldwork was carried out from September 2017 to September 2018 in the Roman territory. The investigation showed the analytical and material power of vegetal politics. That is, a postanthropocentric political analysis and practice that allows to creep in the folds of reality, giving emphasis throughout the whole research and analysis process on actors who risked otherwise being invisiblised by the use of a fully humanist and anthropocentric length. The study revealed that politics and policies pursued by public institutions and by gardeners on green spaces (vegetal politics on the vegetal), in some cases reiterate or consolidate at a material level spatial injustices, particularly when a normative and controlling attitude prevails unopposed. Instead, from the daily interaction with the nonhuman world a political material relationality emerges which leads some activists to recognize subjectivity to nonhuman actors with whom they enter in a closer relationship of care and alliance. The analysis of interactions between humans, plants and nonhuman actors make emerge the power and capacity for action and transformation of the latters, which arise exceeding the boundaries of human intentionality (vegetal politics of the vegetal). It is precisely when human agency is lacking or incapable of domestication that the power of action of the nonhuman is more clearly shown, indicating that agency is shared and continually negotiated.
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Jali, Sakhiwo. "The sustainability of KwaZakhele's permaculture vegetable production project." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12138.

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The current study aimed at investigating the sustainability of KwaZakhele's Permaculture Project and was conducted in the Eastern Cape Province within the Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality at Ward 22 according to Municipal Ward demarcations. The researcher was motivated to carry out this study due to the fact that many food production projects in the NMMM are not sustainable and thus contribute to food insecurity and a high rate of unemployment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of permaculture projects in solving some of the food insecurity and unemployment issues in the NMMM. The KwaZakhele Permaculture Project (KPP) is a vegetable garden which produces different types of vegetables for marketing purposes and for household consumption. The KPP is supported financially by overseas-based organisations and have created ten direct work opportunities for KwaZakhele community. All the project members of the KPP are women. A qualitative research approach was employed in this study, with the emphasis of collecting primary data from the project participants as well as consulting secondary data from sources such as academic journals, books and government policy documents. The study reveals that permaculture design training and project monitoring are the most important developmental support permaculture projects need before and after implementation. The study also determined that the costs of establishing permaculture project can be higher or lower depending on the project size. Consultation and co-ordination fees account for a greater portion of the funding followed by permaculture infrastructure. The results of the study also indicate that permaculture design principles and ethics are seen as a strength for the sustainability of KPP.
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Steven, Michael Lawrence School of L&scape Architecture UNSW. "The congruent garden: an investigation into the role of the domestic garden in satisfying fundamental human needs." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Landscape Architecture, 1997. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18825.

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An interest in the application of the concept of sustainability to the design of the domestic garden lead to the realisation that the social dimensions of sustainable design, that is, the capacity of the garden to meet human needs, was poorly understood. In the interests of achieving an holistic understanding of the hole of the domestic garden in meeting human needs, fourteen gardeners from rural north-west Hawkesbury were interviewed on the role that gardens and gardening plays in their everyday lives. Using Max-Neef's theory of needs and satisfiers as a reference and applying the principles of qualitative data analysis, the interview transcripts were analysed to identify evidence for the satisfaction of fundamental human needs in the lives of the participants, their partners and families. It was established that gardens and gardening have the potential to satisfy human needs within all nine of Max-Neef's axiological categories of need (Subsistence, Protection, Affection, Understanding, Participation, Leisure, Creation, Identity, Freedom) and across all fours existential states (Being, Having, Doing and Interacting). To present the data in terms which might usefully inform the practice of garden design, key satisfiers identified from the data were conceptualised into themes, which in turn became the basis for five conceptual models (Dwelling, Nurture, Pleasure, Enlightenment and "Being" Fully Human) which serve to define the broad domains within which needs might be satisfied within the garden. Collectively, these five conceptual models constitute the Congruent Garden. A series of garden prototypes relating to the themes of each conceptual model are proposed as the basis for the delivery of garden-related satisfiers. Some suggestions are made on the matter of further research work arising from this initial study.
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呂兆婷 and Shiu-ting Elsa Lui. "Life cycle assessment of green roof systems in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41549508.

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Deng, Huijuan, and 邓惠娟. "Ecological benefits and species selection of tropical extensive green roofs." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206421.

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Wong, Kwan-lam, and 王韵琳. "The mitigating effect of substrate depth on green roof stormwater discharge." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207562.

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Urbanization replaces once permeable surfaces with relatively impervious ones, thereby degrading the natural hydrologic cycle. Impervious surfaces intensify stormwater runoff in terms of overall mass and temporal response, especially under torrential rainfalls. Since such runoff could become massive in volume and concentrated in time, they place significant stress on the urban drainage system and increase the risks of combined sewage overflow and flooding, which could introduce a range of deleterious consequences to cities and surrounding natural habitats. In sustainable urban stormwater management like the Low Impact Development, green roof presents an on-site source-reduction measure that mimics the pre-development hydrologic functions of storing and gradually releasing precipitation. Green roof can retain and detain stormwater as well as delay and suppress peak discharge. However, green roof stormwater studies have largely been conducted in non-tropical regions of the world. Since green roof’s quantitative hydrologic performance can be much influenced by local meteorological conditions, the degree to which such findings can be generalized to other climates, such as Hong Kong’s humid subtropical regime, calls for investigation. Moreover, substrate depth has long been regarded as an influential factor in green roof stormwater retention, but two recent studies have provided contradictory results. The objectives of this study are: 1) To evaluate green roof stormwater mitigation performance and potentials in Hong Kong for the first time; 2) To investigate systematically the effect of substrate depth on quantitative hydrologic performance; 3) To identify factors that affect green roof performance; 4) To develop a holistic conceptualization of the various system water storage spaces within a green roof system, for a better understanding of their role in stormwater mitigation. Using small-scale (1.1 m2) raised green roof plots placed on an actual urban rooftop, the effect of 40 mm soil, 40 mm soil + 40 mm rockwool, 80 mm soil, and 80 mm soil + 40 mm rockwool on stormwater mitigation performance relative to control were analyzed. Three core performance indicators (percent retention, peak delay, and peak reduction) were employed to evaluate green roof performance. The results suggest that, while the retention performance of the studied green roofs under Hong Kong’s heavy rainfall regime seems to be less effective, remarkable peak reduction and peak delay were observed even when the green roof system has reached full moisture-storage capacity. Such findings are in line with the proposed Green-roof System Capacity model that green roof serves as an effective buffer that regulates water flow through the system. No statistical significance was found between substrate-depth treatments, despite the higher performance across all three indicators for treatment 80. However, satisfactory peak performance of the 40-mm thin substrate suggests that green roof can be applied even on existing buildings that have limited loading capacity. Pertinent meteorological factors were identified. All in all, extensive green roof remains as an effective and promising alternative mitigation strategy to urban stormwater management in Hong Kong with potential application to other tropical areas.
Li Ka Shing Prize, The Best MPhil Thesis in the Faculties of Architecture, Arts, Business & Economics, Education, Law and Social Sciences (University of Hong Kong), 2012-2013.
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Schnare, Susan Elizabeth. "Sojourns in nature : the origins of the British rock garden." Thesis, University of York, 1994. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/13989/.

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The popularity of the rock garden is seen as a late nineteenth century phenomenon, which followed the creation of the Backhouse Nursery rock garden in York, England, in 1859, although a few earlier gardens are sometimes mentioned as isolated incidents. This thesis proposes that the rock garden evolved out of efforts to cultivate alpine and rock plants, and traces interest in their collection back to sixteenth century Europe. A terraced garden at le Jardin des Plantes, Montpellier, France, indicates that by 1598 there was interest in simulating specialized plant habitats. The earliest known rock garden was built in Orford, England, about 1767, and by the early nineteenth century, rock gardens were popular garden features, as may be seen from the numbers of articles in the horticultural press. From these published accounts, the design, construction, culture, planting, and maintenance of rock gardens are compared and studied. As proof that rock gardens were created as places to grow alpine and rock plants from the first, lists of alpine and rock plants recommended for gardens between 1789 and 1856 are analyzed. The majority of the plants on these lists were low, spreading, needed the improved drainage offered by the structure of the rock garden, and, to a lesser extent, had alpine origins. Between 1789 and 1856 the reasons for plant choice did not change significantly. This thesis explores the origins of the rock garden, studies its history, and analyzes its structure and plants to place it in context with the rest of landscape history.
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Cook, Robin Ian. "A study of allotments and small land plots : benchmarking for vegetable food crop production." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2006. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/a-study-of-allotments-and-small-land-plots(f17ff2b7-2f7e-46f1-934c-f0a464815d16).html.

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This study seeks to benchmark financial efficiencies for vegetable food crop production and to demonstrate that local vegetable food crop growing is a viable option. The work identifies techniques for communities to increase sustainability on small land plots in Wales [UK]. Initial research shows limited availability of systematic data on harvest quantities and financial returns for small scale growing of vegetable food crops. When interviewed, 37 growers from an initial total of 40 were either reluctant to provide, or had failed to keep, written records of vegetable production, their costs and sales statistics. The information provided by the 37 for comprehensive personal interview questionnaires is mainly derived from memory. Organic registered growers are notionally required to keep precise production and other details by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Analysis of the memorised data showed in most instances that outputs generated were not sufficient to support inputs. This study highlights the difficulties of collecting and collating sufficient accurate data and systematic to establish reliable benchmarks for small agricultural enterprises. Data Envelopment Analysis software initially identifies efficient and inefficient producers from the data collected but a simpler more readily understandable analysis system is now used which identifies changes in input variables needed to gauge efficiency. This study is set against a theoretical examination of global economic events that combine to discourage localisation. The overall aim is to show that in a global production framework there are hidden, deferred and obscured costs that make those processes unsustainable. Study of the produce of smallholdings and allotments in Wales allows some tentative conclusions to be drawn about appropriate benchmarks for local vegetable food crop production. This study is more important however, for the light it sheds on the current quality of data available for analysing small scale agricultural production and the general difficulties of conducting a survey to collect robust data, the analysis of which has policy implications for production, consumption and lifestyle.
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Lui, Shiu-ting Elsa. "Life cycle assessment of green roof systems in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41549508.

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Schrappe, David R. "ROMANTIC RECULTIVATING OF SELF AND ENVIRONMENT." OpenSIUC, 2015. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1035.

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My project discusses the important philosophical role that interacting with nature (as opposed to having limited access to nature preserves and the like) plays in the life of an individual. As such I discuss the biological implications for experiences of real (as contrasted with simulated) nature and, in so doing, also discuss the connection of biology to philosophy. I go on to discuss the sociological and psychological ramifications of this interactive relationship through notions such as love and community and their ties to philosophy. I then close with a discussion of the necessity of artistic expression and how those endeavors can be manifested or realized in and through experience with natural environments.
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