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Growing food security: The impact of community gardens on food security in Denver, Colorado.

机译：日益增长的粮食安全：科罗拉多州丹佛市社区花园对粮食安全的影响。

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Community gardens provide many benefits, including increased mental and physical health, social inclusiveness and cohesiveness, and an increased connection between individuals and their environment. In some U.S. cities gardens additionally increase community and individual food security by providing fresh food to those who struggle to feed themselves and their families. This study examined the potential for community gardens to increase food security in Denver, and is one of the first studies of its kind in this location. Specifically, I investigated who participates in community gardening and why they participate, whether community gardens are accessible, and whether gardens have the potential to improve individual and community food security. To do this, I gathered behavioral, perceptional, and demographic data from surveys (n=203) and semi-structured interviews (n=14 interviewees). I also used a variance-to-mean ratio, kernel density estimation, and walksheds to analyze the spatial distribution, accessibility, and demographic representativeness of community gardeners compared to residents surrounding gardens. Despite the national and local importance of the issue of food security and hunger reduction, gardeners in my study spoke more about mental and physical health, and social benefits of gardening. Based on their survey responses, I classified fourteen respondents as food insecure, which suggests that many gardeners in Denver are food secure. Additionally, I found that community gardeners are somewhat demographically representative of nearby residents, and the community gardens are accessible to those who currently use them. Results from this study can advise Denver's Sustainable Food Policy Council in their suggestions to the city to institutionally assist in food insecurity and hunger reduction efforts.
机译：社区花园可带来许多好处，包括增强身心健康，增强社会包容性和凝聚力，以及增强个人与环境之间的联系。在美国的某些城市，花园还为那些努力养活自己和家人的人们提供新鲜食品，从而进一步提高了社区和个人的粮食安全。这项研究检查了社区花园在丹佛提高粮食安全的潜力，并且是该地区同类研究中的首批研究之一。具体来说，我调查了谁参与社区园艺活动以及他们为什么参加，是否可以使用社区花园以及花园是否具有改善个人和社区粮食安全的潜力。为此，我从调查（n = 203）和半结构化访谈（n = 14被访者）中收集了行为，感知和人口统计数据。我还使用了方差均值比，核密度估计和走私棚来分析社区园丁与周围花园居民相比的空间分布，可及性和人口统计学代表性。尽管在粮食安全和减少饥饿问题上在全国和地方都很重要，但在我的研究中，园丁还是谈到了身心健康以及园艺的社会效益。根据他们的调查答复，我将14位受访者归类为食品不安全人群，这表明丹佛的许多园丁都具有食品安全性。另外，我发现社区园丁在人口统计学上可以代表附近的居民，社区花园可供当前使用它们的人使用。这项研究的结果可以建议丹佛市可持续食品政策委员会向该市提出建议，从制度上协助解决粮食不安全和减少饥饿的工作。

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    Kellner, Grace C.;

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    University of Denver.;

  • 授予单位 University of Denver.;
  • 学科 Geography.;Public policy.
  • 学位 M.A.
  • 年度 2016
  • 页码 161 p.
  • 总页数 161
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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