Allotment garden ; Dublin ; Food ; Food resources ; Inner city ; Ireland ; Regulation ; Social class ; Suburbs ; Twentieth Century ; Urban area
Allotments, more commonly called plots, were first laid out in inner city Dublin in the early 20th century. Their purpose was to allow ‘plotholders’ to grow vegetables primarily for their own use. A range of state and voluntary organisations
supported the allotment movement. Following the introduction of Government regulations in 1917, the number of allotments increased in an attempt to boost wartime food production. Following a decline in the early 1920s, the Acquisition of Lands (Allotments
) Act of 1926 spurred further growth. However, many allotments were lost to housing schemes, while new allotments were located further into the developing suburbs. Dublin Corporation continued to provide allotments, especially during the SecondWorldWar
. By 1949, however, the supply of allotments exceeded demand. This paper draws on government, trade and newspaper reports to consider the evolution of the allotment movement in Dublin during the first half of the twentieth century, illustrating the changing
using and investing in their recently acquired lands ? Some of the more notable changes reported, include dramatic increases in livestock and dairy activity. The study also reveals that tenure insecurity over land parcelsallotted in 1991-92
Basic characteristics of housing relations, tenancy title, dwelling providers, general act on the allotment of dwellings, use of dwelling, exchange of dwellings, subtenancy and co-tenancy, private ownership of dwellings, rational use of dwelling
In 1642 the English Parliament proposed to finance the pacification of Ireland by rewarding investors with allotments of confiscated Irish land. This project was the subject of a letter from Delamain to Mandeville, recently acquired by the British
The Maarsseveen region lies north of the city of Utrecht. A re-allotment project was integrated with plans for the winning of sand, for the establishment of a national park besides a centre for horticulture and recreation. The purpose of this study
Ce rapport donne en 19 articles les résultats du projet Agreste sur l'élevage extensif étudié sous 2 angles : les pratiques des agriculteurs et les systèmes d'élevage. Parmi les titres, citons : les pratiques d'éleveurs préalpins ; l'allotement en
and state farms and privatize agricultural land. The transformation of collective and state farms in Ukraine involved two steps : the reorganization of collectives to create private forms of ownership and management ; and the allotment of land