Vulnerability Analysis of Urban Agriculture Projects: A Case Study of Community and Entrepreneurial Gardens in the Netherlands and Switzerland

Small-scale bottom-up urban agriculture (UA) initiatives have a large potentialto improve the quality of life in cities through their impact on ecological andsocial processes. However, it is unclear which criteria determine their successfulestablishment and continuity. We assessed these criteria for 29 projects inthe Netherlands and Switzerland using a vulnerability analysis framework. Weanalyzed biophysical and socio-institutional criteria for project establishment byconducting interviews with project leaders. Projects were scored for their exposureto perturbations and their sensitivity and r... Mehr ...