2015/07/08 by Efrat Eizenberg, Eizenberg, Efrat, Tovi Fenster +1 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Community gardens #Jerusalem. #Organic Food and Agriculture #Tel Aviv-Jaffa #Urban Agriculture and Sustainability #Urban Green Space and Health #controlled space #governance #neoliberalism
paper · doi:10.14288/acme.v14i4.1161
openalex publication_date 2015/07/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
As research continues to configure the meaning and manifestations of actually existing neoliberalism this paper takes one social phenomenon – urban community gardens – and examines how it is being newly integrated under the conditions of neoliberal urban governance. It examines how community gardens are being applied by decision makers and NGOs into two cities in Israel – Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Jaffa – where community gardens have been cultivated only since 2000. The analysis offers a more dynamic understanding of the interplay of local and global forces that produce the urban space, and a broader understanding of controlled community gardens.