Marcos temáticos y multifuncionalidades de los huertos comunitarios en el área urbana de A Coruña (Galicia): un estudio de caso

Abstract

Since the late 20th century, urban and peri-urban agriculture developed in community gardens has evolved from being a residual and informal activity, to that of an object of study that has an emerging role in the planning policies of urban areas. The first objective of this article is to delimit theoretically the concept of urban community garden, and compile current literature about a reality increasingly common in metropolitan plots.
The second objective is to present the results of a sociological research with quantitative methodology carried out in three community gardens in the city of A Coruña (Galicia). Together with the previous theoretical revision, global data and reflections on multifunctionality and the motivations that support this particular typology of peri-urban agriculture can be extrapolated in an unprecedented way to the Galician territorial context.