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Social prescribing of urban agriculture: The importance of minimizing risks from soil contamination (2024)
Journal Article
Beesley, L., & Hardman, M. (2024). Social prescribing of urban agriculture: The importance of minimizing risks from soil contamination. Cities, 149, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.104971

The value of Green Social Prescribing (GSP) of Urban Agriculture (UA) is well proven, with many cities witnessing a rise in such activities. However, with burgeoning interest, there comes an increased need to understand the potential risks associated... Read More about Social prescribing of urban agriculture: The importance of minimizing risks from soil contamination.

Biochar and heavy metals (2024)
Book Chapter
Beesley, L., Cerqueira Cancelo, B., Hardman, M., Lebrun, M., Mitchell, K., & Lukas Trakal, A. (in press). Biochar and heavy metals. In Biochar for Environmental Management: Science and Technology. Earthscan

Mind, body and blood: advancing green care through innovative methodologies within the field of health geography (2024)
Journal Article
Louise, M., Hardman, M., Michelle, H., & Penny, C. (in press). Mind, body and blood: advancing green care through innovative methodologies within the field of health geography. Cities and Health, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2023.2290904

Geography and health disciplines have become inseparable, with our environments effecting our physical health and mental wellbeing, spawning the subdiscipline of Health Geographies. In this paper we argue that radical innovations are needed to fully... Read More about Mind, body and blood: advancing green care through innovative methodologies within the field of health geography.

Upscaling Green Social Prescribing and Urban Agriculture in Cities: Reflections on Social and Horticultural Therapy in the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article
Hardman, M., Hubbard, L., & Watson, H. (2024). Upscaling Green Social Prescribing and Urban Agriculture in Cities: Reflections on Social and Horticultural Therapy in the United Kingdom. Professional Geographer, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2023.2286591

Post-COVID policymaking has accelerated investment and support for urban greening initiatives. Even prior to the pandemic, we witnessed across the globe an ever-increasing appetite for the idea of bringing nature into the city through parks, allotmen... Read More about Upscaling Green Social Prescribing and Urban Agriculture in Cities: Reflections on Social and Horticultural Therapy in the United Kingdom.

Green Activism (2023)
Book Chapter
Hardman, M. (2023). Green Activism. In K. Van Assche, R. Beunen, & M. Duineveld (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia in Urban and Regional Planning and Design (164 - 165). Edward Elgar Publishing

Enhancing green infrastructure in cities: Urban car parks as an opportunity space (2023)
Journal Article
Evans, A., & Hardman, M. (2023). Enhancing green infrastructure in cities: Urban car parks as an opportunity space. Land Use Policy, 134, 106914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106914

Interest in radical solutions to embedding Green Infrastructure (GI) into the built environment are at an all-time high. With land value often preventing more mundane forms of GI, key actors, such as planners, developers, architects and others, are i... Read More about Enhancing green infrastructure in cities: Urban car parks as an opportunity space.

Edible Garden Cities: Rethinking Boundaries and Integrating Hedges into Scalable Urban Food Systems (2023)
Journal Article
Adams, D., Larkham, P. J., & Hardman, M. (2023). Edible Garden Cities: Rethinking Boundaries and Integrating Hedges into Scalable Urban Food Systems. Land, 12(10), 1915. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101915

Connecting to and extending recent debates around more-than-human thinking, this paper explores how porous boundary treatments and plot layouts might encourage ecological exchanges within new urban and peri-urban developments. This study therefore re... Read More about Edible Garden Cities: Rethinking Boundaries and Integrating Hedges into Scalable Urban Food Systems.

Enabling Urban Agriculture in the Global North and South: A Comparative Study of the UK and Nigeria (2023)
Thesis
George, T. (2023). Enabling Urban Agriculture in the Global North and South: A Comparative Study of the UK and Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

As the world's urban population rises, we must reconsider our relationship with food. As a result of the growing population and insufficient food produced in rural regions, poverty and hunger are on the rise. Urban Agriculture (UA) has the potential... Read More about Enabling Urban Agriculture in the Global North and South: A Comparative Study of the UK and Nigeria.

Policy, Regulatory and Commercial Considerations for the Implementation of a Mobility as a Service System (2023)
Thesis
Brown, C. (2023). Policy, Regulatory and Commercial Considerations for the Implementation of a Mobility as a Service System. (Thesis). University of Salford

Transport and access to mobility have been highlighted as a key factor in enabling economic growth and improving quality of life. However, widely used transport modes, such as private vehicles, also negatively impact cities and towns in several ways,... Read More about Policy, Regulatory and Commercial Considerations for the Implementation of a Mobility as a Service System.

Advancing GReencare in Europe: a multi-scalar approach to improve Mental health Equity (the GreenME project) (2023)
Journal Article
Cole, H. V., Caputo, S., Specht, K., Giedych, R., Kaemper, R. F., Cook, P., …Mas, M. T. (2023). Advancing GReencare in Europe: a multi-scalar approach to improve Mental health Equity (the GreenME project). #Journal not on list, 2023(1), https://doi.org/10.1289/isee.2023.op-359

BACKGROUND AND AIM: There is burgeoning evidence that green care (viewed on a continuum that includes nature-in-everyday-life, nature-based health promotion, and nature-based therapy) can be used to promote mental health and wellbeing particularly fo... Read More about Advancing GReencare in Europe: a multi-scalar approach to improve Mental health Equity (the GreenME project).

Social return on investment: reflections on advancing the method within cities & health (2023)
Journal Article
Mitchell, L., Hardman, M., Goodspeed, T., Atkinson, L., & Howarth, M. (2023). Social return on investment: reflections on advancing the method within cities & health. Cities and Health, 7(5), 677-681. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2023.2192333

Social return on investment has received attention from a spectrum of disciplinary areas and practitioners. In the post-COVID city, the use of the approach has increased, in part to provide data on green and blue schemes, arts and culture projects,... Read More about Social return on investment: reflections on advancing the method within cities & health.

Critically exploring public realm greenspace as a therapeutic landscape and the role of Green Social Prescribing (2023)
Book Chapter
Thompson, J., Howarth, M., Hardman, M., & Cook, P. (2023). Critically exploring public realm greenspace as a therapeutic landscape and the role of Green Social Prescribing. In Cultivated Therapeutic Landscapes. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003355731-9

This chapter explores the concept of, and presents the case for, public realm greenspace as a therapeutic landscape. We argue that the act of cultivating this landscape is a means by which to offer opportunity for wellness through access and interact... Read More about Critically exploring public realm greenspace as a therapeutic landscape and the role of Green Social Prescribing.

Critically exploring public realm greenspace as a therapeutic landscape and the role of Green Social Prescribing (2023)
Book Chapter
Thompson, J., Howarth, M., Hardman, M., & Cook, P. Critically exploring public realm greenspace as a therapeutic landscape and the role of Green Social Prescribing. In P. Marsh, & A. Williams (Eds.), Cultivated Therapeutic Landscapes. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003355731

In this chapter, we conceptualise public realm greenspace as a therapeutic landscape, and explore its role and potential as a medium for civic environmental nature-based activities that generate health and wellbeing benefits. We outline common approa... Read More about Critically exploring public realm greenspace as a therapeutic landscape and the role of Green Social Prescribing.

The climate crisis - can a community-led approach work? (2023)
Journal Article
O'Connor, B. C., Hardman, M., Donkin, L. M., & Cook, P. A. (in press). The climate crisis - can a community-led approach work?. Perspectives in Public Health, 17579139231180802. https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139231180802

Climate change is the biggest threat to human health.1 Over 300 Local authorities across the United Kingdom have declared climate emergencies,2 and there have been over 1500 declared by equivalent local authorities across the globe.3 Local authoritie... Read More about The climate crisis - can a community-led approach work?.

Research with marginalised communities: reflections onengaging Roma Women in Northern England (2023)
Journal Article
Hubbard, L., Hardman, M., Race, O., Palmai, M., & Vamosi, G. (2023). Research with marginalised communities: reflections onengaging Roma Women in Northern England. Qualitative Inquiry, https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004231176770

This paper critically explores research with marginalised communities. We provide an insight into our work with the Roma community, reflecting on innovation, opportunities and barriers, alongside the need for more work in this area. A particular f... Read More about Research with marginalised communities: reflections onengaging Roma Women in Northern England.

Frontiers in blue-green infrastructure (2023)
Book Chapter
Hardman, M., Baldock, K., Connop, S., Taylor, K., & Stirling, R. (2023). Frontiers in blue-green infrastructure. In ICE Manual of Blue-Green Infrastructure (227-246). ICE Publishing

Exploring waste tyres problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context (2022)
Journal Article
Abuzukhar, M., Hardman, M., & Clark, A. (2022). Exploring waste tyres problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context. Current journal of applied science and technology, 41(35), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.9734/cjast/2022/v41i353956

Waste tyres represent one of the environmentally damaging fractions of the solid waste stream in Tunisia, where the problem of inefficient waste tyre management is endemic. This is easily identified by the piles of accumulating tyre waste located on... Read More about Exploring waste tyres problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context.

Exploring the need for innovation in greening urban environments: Reflecting on radical practice in Greater Manchester, UK (2022)
Journal Article
Court, A., Kelly, A., & Hardman, M. (2022). Exploring the need for innovation in greening urban environments: Reflecting on radical practice in Greater Manchester, UK. Cogent Social Sciences, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2022.2109261

The green agenda is high on the list of priorities of local, national, and global governments. In the UK, a new £40 million scheme aims to encourage a sustainable recovery alongside policies - such as the 25 Year Environment Plan - and other tools... Read More about Exploring the need for innovation in greening urban environments: Reflecting on radical practice in Greater Manchester, UK.

Mobility as a service : defining a transport utopia (2022)
Journal Article
Brown, C., Hardman, M., Davies, N., & Armitage, R. (2022). Mobility as a service : defining a transport utopia. Future Transportation, 2(1), 300-309

Having been widely acknowledged as enabling access to education, employment, leisure and social activities, transport choices are also the cause of many challenges cities face. Recognising that change is needed, planners and policymakers are consider... Read More about Mobility as a service : defining a transport utopia.

Mainstreaming urban agriculture : opportunities and barriers to upscaling city farming (2022)
Journal Article
Hardman, M., Clark, A., & Sherriff, G. (2022). Mainstreaming urban agriculture : opportunities and barriers to upscaling city farming. Agronomy, 12(3), e601. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12030601

Urban Agriculture (UA), i.e., the production of crops or rearing of livestock in cities, is growing in popularity. Upscaled UA is increasingly gaining support from policy makers, funders, local authorities and other key actors across the globe. Radic... Read More about Mainstreaming urban agriculture : opportunities and barriers to upscaling city farming.

Identifying the health, wellbeing and social impacts in older adults using nature-based projects: a case study of care farming and community gardening interventions in Greater Manchester. (2021)
Thesis
Mitchell, L. Identifying the health, wellbeing and social impacts in older adults using nature-based projects: a case study of care farming and community gardening interventions in Greater Manchester. (Thesis). The University of Salford

Urbanisation and the continued increase in global populations has created pressures on resources, including health care and natural ecosystems. Subsequently, longer life expectancies and comorbidities exacerbates pressures on health services. The Glo... Read More about Identifying the health, wellbeing and social impacts in older adults using nature-based projects: a case study of care farming and community gardening interventions in Greater Manchester..

The School Farms Network in the UK : history, context, and adding value (2021)
Book Chapter
and adding value. In A. Farag, S. Badawi, G. Lalli, & M. Kamareddine (Eds.), School farms : feeding and educating children (67-83). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003176558-7

Alongside recent renewed interest in urban agriculture, there has been an increased focus on school farming. The School Farms Network has a large membership base and interest from other green space organisations across the UK. Using contributions fro... Read More about The School Farms Network in the UK : history, context, and adding value.

Enabling urban social farming : the need for radical green infrastructure in the city (2021)
Journal Article
Mitchell, L., Houston, L., Hardman, M., Howarth, M., & Cook, P. (2021). Enabling urban social farming : the need for radical green infrastructure in the city. Cogent Social Sciences, 7(1), 1976481

With the global population set to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, there are concerns that health services are beginning to be stretched beyond working limits, particularly in the Global North, where many nations face ageing populations and similar obstacl... Read More about Enabling urban social farming : the need for radical green infrastructure in the city.

Using games in geographical and planning-related teaching : serious games, edutainment, board games and role-play (2021)
Journal Article
Robinson, G., Hardman, M., & Matley, R. (2021). Using games in geographical and planning-related teaching : serious games, edutainment, board games and role-play. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 4(1), 100208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100208

This paper reviews the use of games in geographical teaching, including prior to the emergence of computer-based (digital) games. The growing popularity of ‘serious games’ and ‘edutainment’ is addressed, focusing on their perceived advantages in cl... Read More about Using games in geographical and planning-related teaching : serious games, edutainment, board games and role-play.

Chapitre 4. Guérilla jardinière, résistance et espace public (Chapter 4. Guerrilla gardening, resistance and public space) (2021)
Book Chapter
(Chapter 4. Guerrilla gardening, resistance and public space). In L. Granchamp, & S. Glatron (Eds.), Militantismes et potagers (Activists and vegetable gardens). Presses Universitaires du Septentrion

There is a small but emerging area of research that explores the impact of ‘guerrilla gardening’, an activity which involves actors occupying land, often in the public realm, without permission. Whilst several recent studies have charted the impact o... Read More about Chapitre 4. Guérilla jardinière, résistance et espace public (Chapter 4. Guerrilla gardening, resistance and public space).

Exploring waste tyre problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context (2021)
Thesis
Abuzukhar, M. Exploring waste tyre problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context. (Thesis). University of Salford

Waste tyres represent one of the environmentally damaging fractions of the solid waste stream in Tunisia, where the problem of inefficient waste tyre management is endemic. This is easily identified by the piles of accumulating tyre waste located on... Read More about Exploring waste tyre problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context.

What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription (2020)
Journal Article
Howarth, M., Brettle, A., Hardman, M., & Maden, M. (2020). What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription. BMJ Open, 10(7), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036923

Objective: To systematically identify and describe studies that have evaluated the impact of gardens and gardening on health and wellbeing. A secondary objective was to use this evidence to build evidence-based logic models to guide health stra... Read More about What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription.

Ecosystem (dis)benefits arising from formal and informal land-use in Manchester (UK); a case study of urban soil characteristics associated with local green space management (2020)
Journal Article
Dennis, M., Beesley, L., Hardman, M., & James, P. (2020). Ecosystem (dis)benefits arising from formal and informal land-use in Manchester (UK); a case study of urban soil characteristics associated with local green space management. Agronomy, 10(4), 552. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10040552

Urban soils are subject to anthropogenic influences and, reciprocally, provide benefits and dis-benefits to human wellbeing; for example carbon storage, nutrient cycling and the regulation trace element and contaminant mobility. Collective stewardshi... Read More about Ecosystem (dis)benefits arising from formal and informal land-use in Manchester (UK); a case study of urban soil characteristics associated with local green space management.

Urban agriculture in shared spaces : the difficulties with collaboration in an age of austerity (2019)
Journal Article
St Clair, R., Hardman, M., Armitage, R., & Sherriff, G. (2020). Urban agriculture in shared spaces : the difficulties with collaboration in an age of austerity. Urban Studies, 57(2), 350-365. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098019832486

The expanding critical literature on Urban Agriculture (UA) makes links between the withdrawal of state services and the institutionalisation of volunteering, while observing that challenging funding landscapes can foster competitive environments be... Read More about Urban agriculture in shared spaces : the difficulties with collaboration in an age of austerity.

Sites of learning : exploring political ecologies and visceral pedagogies of surplus food redistribution in the UK (2019)
Journal Article
Spring, C., Adams, M., & Hardman, M. (2019). Sites of learning : exploring political ecologies and visceral pedagogies of surplus food redistribution in the UK. Policy Futures in Education, 17(7), 844-861. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478210318819249

Drawing on ethnographic research with organisations redistributing wasted food, this paper explores potentials for political and ethical learning by comparing different approaches to food handling and teaching. Food acts as instigator and tool for le... Read More about Sites of learning : exploring political ecologies and visceral pedagogies of surplus food redistribution in the UK.

Exploring guerilla gardening : gauging public views on the grassoots activity (2018)
Book Chapter
Hardman, M., Larkham, P., & Adams, D. (2018). Exploring guerilla gardening : gauging public views on the grassoots activity. In C. Tornaghi, & C. Certoma (Eds.), Urban Gardening as Politics (148-166). London, UK: Routledge/CRC Press (Taylor & Francis)

There is a noteworthy gap in recent research on the growing activity of guerrilla gardening. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a voice to those who dwell or work close to sites which have been colonized by guerrilla gardeners. It explores per... Read More about Exploring guerilla gardening : gauging public views on the grassoots activity.

Evaluating the significance of travel plans in shaping commuting practices within the university sector in Greater Manchester (2018)
Thesis
Tang, J. (in press). Evaluating the significance of travel plans in shaping commuting practices within the university sector in Greater Manchester. (Dissertation). The University of Salford

The commute is often thought of as a mundane activity, an activity done so regularly that it fades into insignificance. Lost in the hustle and bustle of the modern city is a practice done almost daily that has the potential to significantly reduce gr... Read More about Evaluating the significance of travel plans in shaping commuting practices within the university sector in Greater Manchester.

Urban agriculture : evaluating informal and formal practices (2018)
Journal Article
Hardman, M., St. Clair, R., Adams, D., Armitage, R., Barry, V., Larkham, P., & Sherriff, G. (2018). Urban agriculture : evaluating informal and formal practices. North West geography (Online), 18(1), 1-10

Urban agriculture (UA) is a fast-increasing element in many settlements in the Global North. This paper reviews the diversity of UA activity, ranging from legal to illegal, formal to informal. Focusing particularly on current research on UA projects... Read More about Urban agriculture : evaluating informal and formal practices.

Exposing the Luxury Effect (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Scaletta, K., Dennis, M., Hardman, M., Griffiths, A., & James, P. (2017, December). Exposing the Luxury Effect. Poster presented at British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Ghent

Mainstreaming ecosystem science in spatial planning practice : exploiting a hybrid opportunity space (2017)
Journal Article
Scott, A., Carter, C., Hardman, M., Slaney, T., & Grayson, N. (2018). Mainstreaming ecosystem science in spatial planning practice : exploiting a hybrid opportunity space. Land Use Policy, 70, 232-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.10.002

This paper develops a framework for improved mainstreaming of ecosystem science in policy and decision-making within a spatial planning context. Ecosystem science is advanced as a collective umbrella to capture a body of work and approaches rooted i... Read More about Mainstreaming ecosystem science in spatial planning practice : exploiting a hybrid opportunity space.

Guerrilla gardening and green activism : rethinking the informal urban growing movement (2017)
Journal Article
Hardman, M., Lovemore, C., Magidimisha, H., Larkham, P., Scott, A., & Armitage, R. (2018). Guerrilla gardening and green activism : rethinking the informal urban growing movement. Landscape and Urban Planning, 170, 6-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.08.015

Green activism and guerrilla gardening lie at the more informal end of the urban food growing movement, but little is known about the extent of this practice or the future of such unplanned activities. Accordingly, this paper firstly explores a ran... Read More about Guerrilla gardening and green activism : rethinking the informal urban growing movement.

What evidence is there to support the impact of gardens on health outcomes? A systematic scoping review of the evidence (2017)
Report
Howarth, M., Brettle, A., Hardman, M., & Maden, M. (2017). What evidence is there to support the impact of gardens on health outcomes? A systematic scoping review of the evidence

According to the World Health Organisation Global Health Observatory (2017), non-communicable diseases (NCD’s) present a significant cause of death through cardiovascular disease, respiratory conditions and type 2 diabetes. The impact of NCDs on... Read More about What evidence is there to support the impact of gardens on health outcomes? A systematic scoping review of the evidence.

The trouble with temporary : impacts and pitfalls of a meanwhile community garden in Wythenshawe, South Manchester (2017)
Journal Article
St Clair, R., Hardman, M., Armitage, R., & Sherriff, G. (2017). The trouble with temporary : impacts and pitfalls of a meanwhile community garden in Wythenshawe, South Manchester. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 33(6), 548-557. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742170517000291

The rise of Urban Agriculture projects across the UK has led to a surge of interest in their efficacy and resulting social impacts. Real Food Wythenshawe is a Lottery-funded urban food project in the UK that aims to teach the population of Wythensh... Read More about The trouble with temporary : impacts and pitfalls of a meanwhile community garden in Wythenshawe, South Manchester.

Care farming and green care in Salford (2017)
Report
Gibbons, A., Hardman, M., Howarth, M., James, C., & Sherriff, G. (2017). Care farming and green care in Salford

This report presents a University of Salford (UoS) investigation into the potential for care farming in Salford as part of the University’s teaching, research and enterprise activities. The work has critically engaged with the notion of care... Read More about Care farming and green care in Salford.

Grassroots movements – towards cooperative forms of green urban development? (2016)
Book Chapter
Certomà, C., Hardman, M., Ioannou, B., Morán, N., Notteboom, B., Silvestri, G., & Sondermann, M. (2016). Grassroots movements – towards cooperative forms of green urban development?. In S. Bell, R. Fox-Kamper, N. Keshavarz, M. Benson, S. Caputo, S. Noori, & A. Voigt (Eds.), Urban Allotment Gardens in Europe. Routledge

Although urban allotment gardening dates back to the nineteenth century, it has recently undergone a renaissance of interest and popularity. This is the result of greater concern over urban greenspace, food security and quality of life. This book pre... Read More about Grassroots movements – towards cooperative forms of green urban development?.

Urban allotment garden : a case for place-making (2016)
Book Chapter
Noori, S., Benson, M., Gawryszewska, B., Hardman, M., Kasemets, K., Partalidou, M., …Willman, K. (2016). Urban allotment garden : a case for place-making. In S. Bell, R. Fox-Kamper, N. Keshavarez, M. Benson, S. Caputo, S. Noori, & A. Voigt (Eds.), Urban Allotment Gardens in Europe (291-319). Routledge

Looking to the future of ecosystem services : a review of available approaches (2015)
Journal Article
Attlee, A., Reed, M., Carter, C., Scott, A., Vella, S., Hardman, M., & Neumann, R. (2015). Looking to the future of ecosystem services : a review of available approaches. https://doi.org/10.1079/pavsnnr201510024

Benefits provided by the natural environment that support future human wellbeing are increasingly being compromised by human activities. Consequently, the effects of socio-economic and environmental drivers on the future provision of these “ecosystem... Read More about Looking to the future of ecosystem services : a review of available approaches.

Exploring guerrilla gardening: gauging public views on the grassroots activity (2014)
Journal Article
Adams, D., Hardman, M., & Larkham, P. (2014). Exploring guerrilla gardening: gauging public views on the grassroots activity. Local Environment, 20(10), 1231-1246. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2014.980227

The literature on guerrilla gardening is developing rapidly. The majority of these accounts currently derive from North America, with little academic exploration apparent beyond this context: they focus explicitly on the grass-roots gardeners and... Read More about Exploring guerrilla gardening: gauging public views on the grassroots activity.

Evaluating the cumulative impact problem in spatial planning : a case study of wind turbines in Aberdeenshire, UK (2014)
Journal Article
Scott, A., Shannon, P., Hardman, M., & Miller, D. (2014). Evaluating the cumulative impact problem in spatial planning : a case study of wind turbines in Aberdeenshire, UK. Town Planning Review, 85(4), 457-488. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2014.27

The problem of cumulative impact (CI) is an under-researched issue in spatial planning theory and practice with important implications for sustainability. This paper investigates how cumulative impact is addressed within the Scottish planning system... Read More about Evaluating the cumulative impact problem in spatial planning : a case study of wind turbines in Aberdeenshire, UK.

The rise of the ‘food charter’ : a mechanism to increase urban agriculture (2014)
Journal Article
Hardman, M., & Larkham, P. (2014). The rise of the ‘food charter’ : a mechanism to increase urban agriculture. Land Use Policy, 39, 400-402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.02.022

Urban agriculture (UA) is rapidly growing in popularity and significance across the Western hemisphere. For over two decades North Americans have embraced the concept, although in Europe the idea of UA has only recently gained attention from academic... Read More about The rise of the ‘food charter’ : a mechanism to increase urban agriculture.

Informal urban agriculture : the secret lives of guerrilla gardeners (2014)
Book
Hardman, M., & Larkham, P. (2014). Informal urban agriculture : the secret lives of guerrilla gardeners. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09534-9

The book explores how unused and under-used urban spaces – from grass verges, roundabouts, green spaces – have been made more visually interesting, and more productive, by informal (and usually illegal) groups known as “guerrilla gardeners”. The boo... Read More about Informal urban agriculture : the secret lives of guerrilla gardeners.

Tools – applications, benefits and linkages for ecosystem science (TABLES) (2014)
Book Chapter
(2014). Tools – applications, benefits and linkages for ecosystem science (TABLES). In A. Scott, C. Carter, O. Holzinger, M. Everard, D. Rafaelli, M. Hardman, …A. Taft (Eds.), National Ecosystem Assessment Follow-On. DEFRA

Over an 18 month period, the Tools: Applications, Benefits and Linkages for Ecosystems (TABLES) project has worked at the interface of research, policy and practice, crossing different disciplines, sectors and professions, to embed the value of natur... Read More about Tools – applications, benefits and linkages for ecosystem science (TABLES).

Guerrilla warfare in the planning system: revolutionary progress towards sustainability? (2013)
Journal Article
Adams, D., Scott, A., & Hardman, M. (2013). Guerrilla warfare in the planning system: revolutionary progress towards sustainability?. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 95(4), 375-387. https://doi.org/10.1111/geob.12031

This article extends Qviström’s (2007; Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography 89 (3): 269–282) ideas concerning “landscapes out of order” within a re-discovering and re-imagining of spatial planning theory and practice. Taking the viewpoint... Read More about Guerrilla warfare in the planning system: revolutionary progress towards sustainability?.

Observing guerrillas in the wild : reinterpreting practices of urban guerrilla gardening (2013)
Journal Article
Adams, D., & Hardman, M. (2014). Observing guerrillas in the wild : reinterpreting practices of urban guerrilla gardening. Urban Studies, 51(6), 1103-1119. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013497410

Despite an emerging literature on guerrilla gardening as a political practice in public spaces, with few exceptions, these accounts theorise it as working against many corporate and bureaucratic forms of power. Using the example of ‘F Troop’—a group... Read More about Observing guerrillas in the wild : reinterpreting practices of urban guerrilla gardening.

Disintegrated development at the rural–urban fringe: Re-connecting spatial planning theory and practice (2013)
Journal Article
Scott, A., Carter, C., Reed, M., Larkham, P., Adams, D., Morton, N., …Coles, R. (2013). Disintegrated development at the rural–urban fringe: Re-connecting spatial planning theory and practice. Progress in Planning, 83, 1-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2012.09.001

The spaces where countryside meets town are often amongst society's most valued and pressured places which together form the rural–urban fringe (RUF). A ‘messy’ yet opportunistic space in policy and decision making processes, the RUF remains confused... Read More about Disintegrated development at the rural–urban fringe: Re-connecting spatial planning theory and practice.

Eating waste : a critical evaluation of surplus food redistribution as solution to food waste and food insecurity
Thesis
Spring, C. (in press). Eating waste : a critical evaluation of surplus food redistribution as solution to food waste and food insecurity. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis critically explores relationships between food insecurity and food waste in the UK through the lens of surplus food redistribution (SFR). Ethnographic research compared two UK redistribution organisations’ models, framings, practices and... Read More about Eating waste : a critical evaluation of surplus food redistribution as solution to food waste and food insecurity.