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Prof Michael Hardman's Outputs (6)

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

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

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.