Abstract
The idea of urban agriculture as a tool for sustainable development in Sweden is rapidly becoming more and more integrated in the sustainability discourse. This is expressed as top down strategies for change as well as bottom up political actions. The situation has many similarities with the early 20th century. This paper is a comparative case study of the urban agriculture movement in Malmoe at the beginning of the 20th and 21st centuries. Malmoe was the first city to plan for allotment plots in the early 20th centuries. Today the Swedish urban agriculture movement has its base in Malmoe. Similarities and differences are discussed as well as the different perspective of top down and bottom up. How are the connections between urban agriculture, quality of life, health and well-being understood in the two discourses? Are there differences between the top down and bottom up perspectives?
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The power of landscape - Peer Reviewed Proceedings of ECLAS 2012 Conference |
| Pages | 145-148 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
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