We don’t have no neighbourhood’ : advanced marginality and urban agriculture in Detroit

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)



Description :
This article examines marginality and urban agriculture in Detroit. This area is the projected site of an urban agriculture (UA) project, which proposes to utilise vacant land and economically marginalized residents to produce marketable products and services. With a few exceptions, neighbourhood respondents had little hope of improvement occurring in the neighbourhood anytime soon, and few expectations for UA to alter the daily life or social dynamic of the area. While some neighbourhood improvement efforts were viewed positively, others were regarded with intense suspicion, indicating that idealistic UA efforts may have some work to do in terms of engaging residents and offsetting legacies of displacement as well as on-going marginalisation.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Urban studies (Harlow), issn : 0042-0980, 2014, vol. 51, n°. 12, p. 2523-2538, nombre de pages : 16, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Harlow, Longman Group