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Community gardens as third places
Author(s) -
Dolley Joanne
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
geographical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.695
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-5871
pISSN - 1745-5863
DOI - 10.1111/1745-5871.12395
Subject(s) - placemaking , neighbourhood (mathematics) , geography , population , sociology , key (lock) , social isolation , environmental planning , urban design , architecture , computer science , psychology , archaeology , computer security , demography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , psychotherapist
Key insights Community gardens can be third places that facilitate informal interactions between people of the neighbourhood. When community gardens are third places, coupled with their placemaking features, they help connect new residents to place, alleviating some of the challenges associated with population mobility, such as social isolation.