Home food gardening : benefits and barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Santiago, Chile

dc.contributor.authorCerda, Constanza
dc.contributor.authorGuenat, Solène
dc.contributor.authorEgerer, Monika
dc.contributor.authorFischer, Leonie K.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T11:50:17Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T11:50:17Z
dc.date.issued2022de
dc.date.updated2023-11-14T02:10:12Z
dc.description.abstractThe recent COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people live in an unprecedented way. This includes severe impacts on people's health and wellbeing such as stress, reduced physical activity and loneliness due to confinement. In parallel, people had to find ways to secure their food, with fresh food especially scarce in some regions due to lockdowns and restricted flow of goods. As in previous massive crises, the practice of home food gardening seemed to have increased during this pandemic. Yet we largely do not know which parts of society took to home food gardening, in which urban setting home food gardening was practiced, and to which extent this practice contributed to people's daily livelihoods during the pandemic. In this case study we explore (a) who practices home food gardening, (b) the garden characteristics, and (c) the main perceived benefits and barriers bound to home food gardening during the pandemic. We set up an online questionnaire targeted at the population of Santiago de Chile, for which we received 305 responses. Our results clearly show that the possibility of being in contact with nature and feeling less stress through practicing home food gardening were the most significant perceived benefits, while lack of or inadequate space to garden and limited knowledge on home food gardening were the main barriers. These findings highlight for the specific context of a metropolitan region in South America that access to gardens and green space could contribute to a just urban society. Likewise, the practice of home food gardening can be a relevant tool to cope with the adverse consequences of the pandemic by informing public initiatives to promote healthier lifestyles during this and future crises contexts and also in the awaited “ordinary” times.en
dc.description.sponsorshipGerman Research Foundation (DFG)de
dc.identifier.issn2571-581X
dc.identifier.other1887256083
dc.identifier.urihttp://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:93-opus-ds-142890de
dc.identifier.urihttp://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/handle/11682/14289
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-14270
dc.language.isoende
dc.relation.uridoi:10.3389/fsufs.2022.841386de
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessde
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/de
dc.subject.ddc300de
dc.titleHome food gardening : benefits and barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Santiago, Chileen
dc.typearticlede
ubs.fakultaetArchitektur und Stadtplanungde
ubs.fakultaetFakultätsübergreifend / Sonstige Einrichtungde
ubs.institutInstitut für Landschaftsplanung und Ökologiede
ubs.institutFakultätsübergreifend / Sonstige Einrichtungde
ubs.publikation.seiten13de
ubs.publikation.sourceFrontiers in sustainable food systems 6 (2022), No. 841386de
ubs.publikation.typZeitschriftenartikelde

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