Crisis Gardening

Section 1. Crisis gardening in relation to agroecology, transformative change in food systems and public health 1. Gardening as a Response to Food Insecurity During Acute and Chronic Crises: A Narrative Review from the United States 2. How Gardening can Work Towards Combating the Biodiversity Crisis: A Landscape Perspective 3. Opportunities of Urban Gardens for an Agri-food transition in the Context of Structural Crises in Argentina Section 2. Case studies from around the world of crisis gardening from various social-ecological perspectives 4. Growth in Adversity: Exploring Crisis Gardening in African Cities from a Decolonial Perspective 5. The Langa Agri-Food Hub in Cape Town, South Africa: Strengthening Farmers' Networks and Transforming Food Systems in Crisis 6. From Crisis to Opportunity: Exploring Urban Food Growing in the UK During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic 7. Combatting the Crisis of Social Isolation and Loneliness through Gardening 8. Meaningful Activities During the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis: Benefits and Challenges of Home Food Gardening in Santiago, Chile 9. 'A Sweet and Quiet Lesson in Motion': The Pleasures of Pandemic Gardening 10. Mitigating a Public Health Crisis: Exploring the Benefits of Gardening for People Living with Dementia through Collaborative Autoethnography Section 3. The potential of gardening during crisis: scaling up the lessons from crisis gardening to transform food systems, public health systems, policy and landscape planning processes 11. Community Gardens as a Source of Social Capital for Earthquake Preparedness: Case Studies from Old Neighborhoods in Kobe, Japan 12. Homegardens in the Crises of Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, and Gender Equity: Perspectives from Bangladesh 13. Towards Urban Resilience: Urban Gardening in Post-Earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand 14. Response Options related to Health Benefits of Gardening in Times of Crisis. Conclusion