This document summarizes a master's thesis that used GIS analysis to identify suitable locations for new community gardens in Syracuse, NY. The author reviewed the benefits of community gardens and Syracuse's existing gardens. She then described her methodology, which involved selecting vacant, city-owned parcels with slopes under 30% and bare earth or grass land cover. Her GIS analysis overlaid these criteria and identified several potential sites, particularly in underserved west Syracuse neighborhoods. The conclusions discussed how the spatial analysis could help organizations expand access to local foods and green space.
Let’s Start a School Garden
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
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Smallholder Banana Farming Systems and Climate Variability: Understanding the...Dr. Joshua Zake
A presentation made during a Doctoral Thesis defense at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences on 23 April 2015 at 4 Pm in Seminar room 09 (SCHW-SR-09),
Schwakhöferhaus, EG, Peter Jordanstr. 82, 1190 Wien, Austria.
Climate change preparedness and adaptation: a case of smallholder farmers in ...Dr. Joshua Zake
A presentation made as a case study during the training course on Livelihoods systems dynamics in rural development course,´ at the Centre for Development Research, BOKU, Austria on 11 March 2015.
Let’s Start a School Garden
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Smallholder Banana Farming Systems and Climate Variability: Understanding the...Dr. Joshua Zake
A presentation made during a Doctoral Thesis defense at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences on 23 April 2015 at 4 Pm in Seminar room 09 (SCHW-SR-09),
Schwakhöferhaus, EG, Peter Jordanstr. 82, 1190 Wien, Austria.
Climate change preparedness and adaptation: a case of smallholder farmers in ...Dr. Joshua Zake
A presentation made as a case study during the training course on Livelihoods systems dynamics in rural development course,´ at the Centre for Development Research, BOKU, Austria on 11 March 2015.
Land use/ land cover classification and change detection mapping: A case stud...AI Publications
The study attempts to determine the land use/land cover expansion that occurred in the area over a period of thirty years. Multi temporal Landsat satellite images TM 1986, ETM+ 2001, 2006 and 2018 from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) website as primary dataset. Area of interest was clipped in ArcGIS environment and then enhanced and classified in ENVI. Using supervised classification algorithm, the images were classified into bare land, built-up area, vegetation and water body used to carry out change detection analysis or time series analysis. In-addition, figures from National Population Commission (NPC) were used. Change detection analyses was carried out on the imageries to obtain the physical expansion of the area. The Land Consumption Rate (LCR) and Land Absorption Coefficient (LAC) were determined as well. Accuracy assessment was carried out on the images classified using the confusion matrix with Ground truth image tool on ENVI. An overall kappa coefficient was generated from this assessment which proved to be a very good result. Results obtained from the analysis of built-up area dynamics for the past four decades revealed that the town has been undergoing urban expansion processes. There was an increase in the built-up area between 1986 and 2018 which is largely due to the increase in population of Lagos state based on its high Urbanization rate. Vegetation cover reduced between 1986 and 2001, which is reasonable considering the rate at which the built-up area was increasing. But between 2001 and 2006, vegetation increased a little, this due to farming in 2006. Bare land had an inconsistent change. The increase in bare land could be as result of bush burning while the reduction could be as a result of more farming in the state or development of more built-up areas. It is recommended that Global change research efforts should be encouraged through international research partnerships to establish international land use /land cover science program to bridge the gap between climate researchers, decision makers and land managers; There was more reduction in vegetation than increase which poised a great danger that could cause greenhouse effect on the environment. Government at all levels should ensure that all these land use/land cover types are maintained to save our ecological biodiversity.
Building on Traditional Gardening to Improve Household Food Security
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Smallholder Banana Farming Systems and Climate variability: Understanding the...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation gives highlights from a doctoral research study contributing to sustainable management of smallholder banana farming systems for food security in central Uganda under the prevailing climatic conditions.
Dr. Tracy Baker - Researcher, Hydrology & Hydrologic Modeling
Dr. Liza Debevec - Social Scientist Ms. Yenenesh Abebe - GIS and Database Management
International Water Management Institute - East Africa & Nile Basin
Dr. Beth Cullen - Social Scientist
International Livestock Research Institute - Ethiopia
Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International presents why food diversity matters for human health and the planet's health using a case study from India detailing how millets were brought back to diets and markets.
Find out more about our work on millets
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/markets-for-diverse-species/millets/
Find out more about the Earth Optimism Summit - April 21-23 2017
https://earthoptimism.si.edu/calendar/summit/events/human-health-planets-health/
Resource conservation, tools for screening climate smart practices and public...Prabhakar SVRK
Natural resources continue to play an important role in livelihood and wellbeing of millions. Over exploitation and degradation of natural resource base have led to declining factor productivity in rural areas and dwindling farm profits coupled with debilitating impact on human health. This necessitates promoting technologies that can help producing food keeping pace with the growing population while conserving natural resource base and be profitable. Achieving this conflicting target though appears to be challenging but is possible with the currently available technologies. This lecture will provide insights into a gamut of resource conserving technologies, the role of communities in promoting them and tools that can help in identifying suitable technologies for adoption. The lecture will heavily borrow sustainable agriculture cases from the Asia Pacific region.
Outline
• Natural resource dependency and rural development
o Trends in resource depletion and impact on food production
o Farm profitability trends and input use
o Trends in factor productivity
• Resource conserving technologies and climate smart agriculture
o What are they?
o Similarities and differences
o Costs and benefits of pursuing them
• Tools for identifying resource conserving and climate smart agriculture technologies
o Factor productivity
o Benefit cost ratios
o Marginal abatement costs
• Role of communities
o Communities as entry point
o Benefits of community participation
• Concluding thoughts
o How to scale up resource conservation?
30.Farmers field school ( ffs agro ecosystem analysis (AESA) A Series of Lect...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
A Series of Lectures By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Provincial Director IPM ( Master Trainer ) KPK Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL) Islamabad Pakistan
Informal greenspace as green infrastructure? Potential, challenges and future...Christoph Rupprecht
Green infrastructure can provide a wide range of urban ecosystem services, from recreation and health benefits (Tzoulas et al. 2007) to pollution reduction, biodiversity habitat and high temperature reduction (Norton et al. 2015). However, using exclusively formal greenspaces such as city parks and street trees poses two problems. First, implementing and maintaining green infrastructure in cities carries substantial costs (Naumann et al. 2010). Land acquisition may be prohibitive for rapidly growing cities with high land prices (e.g., Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong), while implementation and maintenance costs may limit feasibility for shrinking cities (e.g., Detroit, Leipzig, Kyoto). Second, projects are often tied to expectations for economic returns on investment, which may not benefit local residents but can cause eco-gentrification (Wolch, Byrne, and Newell 2014). In this paper we draw upon recent research (Rupprecht and Byrne 2014; Rupprecht and Byrne 2015; Rupprecht, Byrne, Garden, et al. 2015; Rupprecht, Byrne, Ueda, et al. 2015) to argue that ‘informal urban greenspace’ (e.g. vacant lots, street and railway verges, brownfields and power lines etc.) could be used as green infrastructure, and that it indeed already performs this function to some degree. We discuss how informal greenspaces may complement traditional elements of green infrastructure, how both growing and shrinking cities may be able to integrate it into green planning strategies, and what challenges its use may pose. We conclude by presenting a multi-layered provisional roadmap of directions for future research on geographical, planning-related and ecological aspects of informal greenspaces relevant for its use as green infrastructure.
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GRDS is a blend of Open Access Publications and world-wide International Conferences and Academic events. The prime mission of GRDS is to make continuous efforts in transforming the lives of people around the world through education, application of research and innovative ideas.
Global Research & Development Services (GRDS) is also active in the field of Research Funding, Research Consultancy, Training and Workshops along with International Conferences and Open Access Publications.
International Conferences 2014 – 2015
Malaysia Conferences, Thailand Conferences, Singapore Conferences, Hong Kong Conferences, Dubai Conferences, Turkey Conferences, Conference Listing, Conference Alerts
http://www.fao.org/agroecology/en/
Presentation held by Professor Long Li, a visiting expert from China Agricultural University to FAO. He presented an overview of agroecology in China, including Policies, Practices and Science.
Get some interesting facts from the mosquito's perspective. Learn the importance of using mosquito net for bed and how to use it to prevent from mosquito bites.
Land use/ land cover classification and change detection mapping: A case stud...AI Publications
The study attempts to determine the land use/land cover expansion that occurred in the area over a period of thirty years. Multi temporal Landsat satellite images TM 1986, ETM+ 2001, 2006 and 2018 from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) website as primary dataset. Area of interest was clipped in ArcGIS environment and then enhanced and classified in ENVI. Using supervised classification algorithm, the images were classified into bare land, built-up area, vegetation and water body used to carry out change detection analysis or time series analysis. In-addition, figures from National Population Commission (NPC) were used. Change detection analyses was carried out on the imageries to obtain the physical expansion of the area. The Land Consumption Rate (LCR) and Land Absorption Coefficient (LAC) were determined as well. Accuracy assessment was carried out on the images classified using the confusion matrix with Ground truth image tool on ENVI. An overall kappa coefficient was generated from this assessment which proved to be a very good result. Results obtained from the analysis of built-up area dynamics for the past four decades revealed that the town has been undergoing urban expansion processes. There was an increase in the built-up area between 1986 and 2018 which is largely due to the increase in population of Lagos state based on its high Urbanization rate. Vegetation cover reduced between 1986 and 2001, which is reasonable considering the rate at which the built-up area was increasing. But between 2001 and 2006, vegetation increased a little, this due to farming in 2006. Bare land had an inconsistent change. The increase in bare land could be as result of bush burning while the reduction could be as a result of more farming in the state or development of more built-up areas. It is recommended that Global change research efforts should be encouraged through international research partnerships to establish international land use /land cover science program to bridge the gap between climate researchers, decision makers and land managers; There was more reduction in vegetation than increase which poised a great danger that could cause greenhouse effect on the environment. Government at all levels should ensure that all these land use/land cover types are maintained to save our ecological biodiversity.
Building on Traditional Gardening to Improve Household Food Security
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Smallholder Banana Farming Systems and Climate variability: Understanding the...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation gives highlights from a doctoral research study contributing to sustainable management of smallholder banana farming systems for food security in central Uganda under the prevailing climatic conditions.
Dr. Tracy Baker - Researcher, Hydrology & Hydrologic Modeling
Dr. Liza Debevec - Social Scientist Ms. Yenenesh Abebe - GIS and Database Management
International Water Management Institute - East Africa & Nile Basin
Dr. Beth Cullen - Social Scientist
International Livestock Research Institute - Ethiopia
Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International presents why food diversity matters for human health and the planet's health using a case study from India detailing how millets were brought back to diets and markets.
Find out more about our work on millets
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/markets-for-diverse-species/millets/
Find out more about the Earth Optimism Summit - April 21-23 2017
https://earthoptimism.si.edu/calendar/summit/events/human-health-planets-health/
Resource conservation, tools for screening climate smart practices and public...Prabhakar SVRK
Natural resources continue to play an important role in livelihood and wellbeing of millions. Over exploitation and degradation of natural resource base have led to declining factor productivity in rural areas and dwindling farm profits coupled with debilitating impact on human health. This necessitates promoting technologies that can help producing food keeping pace with the growing population while conserving natural resource base and be profitable. Achieving this conflicting target though appears to be challenging but is possible with the currently available technologies. This lecture will provide insights into a gamut of resource conserving technologies, the role of communities in promoting them and tools that can help in identifying suitable technologies for adoption. The lecture will heavily borrow sustainable agriculture cases from the Asia Pacific region.
Outline
• Natural resource dependency and rural development
o Trends in resource depletion and impact on food production
o Farm profitability trends and input use
o Trends in factor productivity
• Resource conserving technologies and climate smart agriculture
o What are they?
o Similarities and differences
o Costs and benefits of pursuing them
• Tools for identifying resource conserving and climate smart agriculture technologies
o Factor productivity
o Benefit cost ratios
o Marginal abatement costs
• Role of communities
o Communities as entry point
o Benefits of community participation
• Concluding thoughts
o How to scale up resource conservation?
30.Farmers field school ( ffs agro ecosystem analysis (AESA) A Series of Lect...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
A Series of Lectures By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Provincial Director IPM ( Master Trainer ) KPK Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL) Islamabad Pakistan
Informal greenspace as green infrastructure? Potential, challenges and future...Christoph Rupprecht
Green infrastructure can provide a wide range of urban ecosystem services, from recreation and health benefits (Tzoulas et al. 2007) to pollution reduction, biodiversity habitat and high temperature reduction (Norton et al. 2015). However, using exclusively formal greenspaces such as city parks and street trees poses two problems. First, implementing and maintaining green infrastructure in cities carries substantial costs (Naumann et al. 2010). Land acquisition may be prohibitive for rapidly growing cities with high land prices (e.g., Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong), while implementation and maintenance costs may limit feasibility for shrinking cities (e.g., Detroit, Leipzig, Kyoto). Second, projects are often tied to expectations for economic returns on investment, which may not benefit local residents but can cause eco-gentrification (Wolch, Byrne, and Newell 2014). In this paper we draw upon recent research (Rupprecht and Byrne 2014; Rupprecht and Byrne 2015; Rupprecht, Byrne, Garden, et al. 2015; Rupprecht, Byrne, Ueda, et al. 2015) to argue that ‘informal urban greenspace’ (e.g. vacant lots, street and railway verges, brownfields and power lines etc.) could be used as green infrastructure, and that it indeed already performs this function to some degree. We discuss how informal greenspaces may complement traditional elements of green infrastructure, how both growing and shrinking cities may be able to integrate it into green planning strategies, and what challenges its use may pose. We conclude by presenting a multi-layered provisional roadmap of directions for future research on geographical, planning-related and ecological aspects of informal greenspaces relevant for its use as green infrastructure.
Medical Conferences, Pharma Conferences, Engineering Conferences, Science Conferences, Manufacturing Conferences, Social Science Conferences, Business Conferences, Scientific Conferences Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Turkey 2014 2015 2016
Global Research & Development Services (GRDS) is a leading academic event organizer, publishing Open Access Journals and conducting several professionally organized international conferences all over the globe annually. GRDS aims to disseminate knowledge and innovation with the help of its International Conferences and open access publications. GRDS International conferences are world-class events which provide a meaningful platform for researchers, students, academicians, institutions, entrepreneurs, industries and practitioners to create, share and disseminate knowledge and innovation and to develop long-lasting network and collaboration.
GRDS is a blend of Open Access Publications and world-wide International Conferences and Academic events. The prime mission of GRDS is to make continuous efforts in transforming the lives of people around the world through education, application of research and innovative ideas.
Global Research & Development Services (GRDS) is also active in the field of Research Funding, Research Consultancy, Training and Workshops along with International Conferences and Open Access Publications.
International Conferences 2014 – 2015
Malaysia Conferences, Thailand Conferences, Singapore Conferences, Hong Kong Conferences, Dubai Conferences, Turkey Conferences, Conference Listing, Conference Alerts
http://www.fao.org/agroecology/en/
Presentation held by Professor Long Li, a visiting expert from China Agricultural University to FAO. He presented an overview of agroecology in China, including Policies, Practices and Science.
Get some interesting facts from the mosquito's perspective. Learn the importance of using mosquito net for bed and how to use it to prevent from mosquito bites.
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Benefits of Community Gardens: Health Improvement - Physical and Mental, Decrease in Crime
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
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Community Gardens Help to Tackle Obesity of Children
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
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Introduction to GIS and Conservation PlanningAndy Carroll
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Seeds of Success: Growing Healthy Communities through Community Gardening
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
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Landscape and Urban Planning
j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w . e l s e v i e r . c o m / l o c a t e / l a n d u r b p l a n
esearch Paper
rban green space, public health, and environmental justice:
he challenge of making cities ‘just green enough’
ennifer R. Wolch a,∗, Jason Byrne b, Joshua P. Newell c
University of California, Berkeley, 230 Wurster Hall #1820, Berkeley, CA 94720-1820, USA
School of Environment, Griffith University, Australia
School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, USA
i g h l i g h t s
Urban green space promotes physical activity and public health.
Many US minority communities lack green space access, an environmental injustice.
US and Chinese cities have developed innovative ways to create new green space.
Urban greening can, however, create paradoxical effects such as gentrification.
Urban green space projects need more integrative sustainability policies to protect communities.
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vailable online 2 March 2014
eywords:
rban green spaces
cosystem services
uman health
nvironmental justice
lanning strategies
entrification
a b s t r a c t
Urban green space, such as parks, forests, green roofs, streams, and community gardens, provides crit-
ical ecosystem services. Green space also promotes physical activity, psychological well-being, and the
general public health of urban residents. This paper reviews the Anglo-American literature on urban
green space, especially parks, and compares efforts to green US and Chinese cities. Most studies reveal
that the distribution of such space often disproportionately benefits predominantly White and more
affluent communities. Access to green space is therefore increasingly recognized as an environmental
justice issue. Many US cities have implemented strategies to increase the supply of urban green space,
especially in park-poor neighborhoods. Strategies include greening of remnant urban land and reuse of
obsolete or underutilized transportation infrastructure. Similar strategies are being employed in Chinese
cities where there is more state control of land supply but similar market incentives for urban greening.
In both contexts, however, urban green space strategies may be paradoxical: while the creation of new
green space to address environmental justice problems can make neighborhoods healthier and more
esthetically attractive, it also can increase housing costs and property values. Ultimately, this can lead to
gentrification and a displacement of the very residents the green space strategie.
Footage for the associated seminar: https://youtu.be/Z0Hkt7Sf0VA
The talk will focus on the current state of soil governance in Australia, alongside the recently released National Soil Strategy and debate how knowledge exchange on sustainable soil management is progressing. The need to maintain a healthy and functioning soil that is resilient and less vulnerable to climate change and land degradation is an ever-present goal. Yet to achieve this goal requires a critical mass of soil scientists who can effectively undertake research and more importantly people who can communicate such knowledge to farmers so that soil is protected through the use of landscape-appropriate practices. Decades of government de-investment and privatisation have led to a diminished and fragmented workforce that is distant from, rather than part of, the rural community, and farmers are also increasingly isolated with few functional social networks for knowledge exchange. Is it possible to chart a course that can see this decline in expertise and local soil knowledge corrected, and restore to it vitality and legitimacy?
Maggie Belanger, Assistant Director and Technical Assistance to Brownfields Regional Manager, Kansas State University, KS
Kate Lucas, AICP, Planner, Adaapta and KSU TAB Partner, Denver, CO
Christina Wilson, Acting Branch Manager, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, Denver, CO
Scott Hobson, Acting Director of Planning and Community Development, City of Pueblo, CO
Evaluation of Community Gardens
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Multiple Benefits of School Gardening
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
1. Spatial Evaluation for
Urban Agriculture Site
Selection in Syracuse, NY
By Bianca Dygert
In partial fulfillment of:
Master of Professional Studies
Graduate Program in Environmental Science
Environmental and Community Land Planning
State University of New York
College of Environmental Science
and Forestry
December, 10, 2013
3. Introduction – Community Garden Benefits
Strengthens local, sustainable food
production
promotes education about the food
system
reduces the “food miles” between
production and consumption
enhances green space
creates “green job” opportunities
makes fresh, nutritious food
available
-(McClintock, 2010)
Promotes local pride
Promotes citizen participation
especially in poorer communities
that may be lacking in other public
amenities
alternative to corporate
agriculture
-(Baker, 2005; Lawson, 2005).
4. Introduction – Community Garden Benefits
Increased vegetable consumption,
decreased sweets consumption
“Gardeners were more active than
non-gardeners in community projects,
and shared their vegetable wealth
with family, friends, passers-by, and
church food pantries, thereby
becoming nutrition change agents in
their own right”
-(Blair et al, 1991)
Means for improving safety in higher
crime areas
Solutions for criminal activity in teens
in inner-city schools
Increased awareness of self and
community
Decreased involvement in gangs and
crime in general
-(Fusco, 2001)
5. Introduction - Syracuse
Syracuse Grows
Mission:
“Syracuse Grows is a grassroots coalition of
individuals, gardens, and community collaborators
working to cultivate a just foodscape in the City of
Syracuse. We provide advocacy, programming,
education, and resources to support food justice and
community development through community
gardening and urban agriculture.”
-(Syracusegrows.org)
341 Midland Avenue Community Garden
Eastside P.E.A.C.E. Community Garden
Expeditionary Learning Middle School Garden
Hawley Green Vegetable Garden
Highland Park Children's Garden
Isabella Street Tapestry Community Garden
Karibu Community Garden
Lipe Art Park Community Garden
Rahma Clinic Edible Forest Snack Garden
Stone Soup Community Education Garden
Filtrexx Garden Soxx Community Garden
Southwest Community Farm
West Newell Street Community Garden
Westcott Community Garden
6. So why Syracuse?
Still unclaimed vacant land with potential use for agriculture
More gardens = more food
Crime
Fractured neighborhoods
7. Planning Process –Urban planning through spatial analysis
Despite overwhelming support among researchers that community garden
programs lead to a variety of quality of life improvements, standard site
selection methodology for community gardens has been only incorporated in a
limited manner
To do this it is first necessary to create an urban planning site selection data
set from which to work in order to save resources.
8. Methodology
Goals stated in the City of Syracuse Sustainability Plan (suitability and
availability)
Closely followed McClintock’s 2010 study “Cultivating the Commons”
Developed a GIS suitability guide and inventory list
Multi-criteria selection with overlay mapping
9. Methodology – City of Syracuse Sustainability Plan
Chapter 3 – Food Systems
Goal 3.2.2.2 - identify an area to develop a food
center where food-related businesses can cluster
Goal 3.3.4.1 - to create an inventory of city land for
urban agriculture (availability and suitability)
Food Deserts
Image credit: City of Syracuse Sustainability Plan, pg 44
10. Methodology - Criteria
Suitability –
slope – 30% or less
land cover – bare earth or grass/shrup
Availability –
open space, vacant lots that are publicly owned by a government organization, tax
delinquent, and/or seizable by the city
11. Methodology - ArcGIS
ArcGIS 10.1 and 10.2
Simplified multi-criteria selection and overlay mapping
Collected shapefile data for boundaries, instrastructure, zoning, and land cover
Raster data for physical geography (DEM)
Extent clipped to boundary of Syracuse
12. Methodology - Layers
Tax parcels
Tax delinquent, seizable property by government
DEM
Slope extracted from DEM
Existing community gardens
Roads
Boundaries
Land cover
Data obtained from NYS GIS clearinghouse, CUGIR, USGS.gov and Jonnell Robinson (Syracuse University)
13. Methodology – Parcels
Tax parcel data was obtained
from Jonnell Robinson
(Syracuse University)
Tax-delinquent, seizable and
vacant land was selected
22. Results
Large area of vacant land in the west side
Could be broken up into several gardens, or a larger-scale urban farm
Some smaller areas in the south-west side
Potential for small scale, localized garden
26. Discussion
Utilizing remote-sensing tools such as ArcGIS can provide urban planners and
community gardeners with an opportunity to conduct necessary preliminary
research in a fairly inexpensive and timely manner.
Free data
Free trial software – Student year trial and free 60-day downloadable trial
27. Discussion
Extensive background research was most time consuming, yet necessary
Proficient knowledge and use of software made data analysis more efficient
and less time consuming
Delays in project due to outside factors
28. Future Studies
Site visits
Light availability
Allocation of water resources
Updated food desert map
Soil testing
Survey local residents for opinion
29. Conclusion
Community garden benefits
Neighborhoods take initiative in food production
Save money on store-bought produce
Healthier options
Social benefits
Increased physical activity
Self-awareness
Reduced criminal activity
30. Conclusion
Organizations such as Syracuse Grows are able to help groups select plots,
develop layouts, allocate funds and resources, and provide a community
outreach for other gardens.
Spatial analysis allows groups like Syracuse Grows and the City of Syracuse by
having data on hand
Inventory of vacant seizable land that fits the requirements for urban
agriculture allows them to simply select and analyze a plot of land that has
been pre-selected based on multi-criteria analysis
31. Conclusion
Community gardens in Syracuse are currently very successful
Additional gardens would provide the west side and lower west side of the
city with more food options for lower income neighborhoods
More gardens = more food
Large amount of vacant plots
32. Thank You!
I would like to thank:
Dr. Stewart Diemont
Dr. Margaret Bryant
Dr. Jonnell Robinson
Dr. Evan Weissman
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Editor's Notes
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