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A primary set of structural constraints affecting all three cities is their existence in a market economy

These elements of urban political economy can be seen as the municipal government’s own organizational environment, which the government and its representatives must attend to in order to maintain their legitimacy, resource flows, and survival. Whether in pursuit of land … Continue reading

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The difference in civic conventions is evident in interviews and documents from the three cities’ garden programs

When civic conventions are built into the local governance infrastructure, such as the mandates of various agencies or the procedures for urban planning, these formalized conventions are an aspect of the local political opportunity structure. That is, civic conventions involve … Continue reading

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The strong economy in Seattle has been critical to the expansion of its community gardening program

While Milwaukee had never made urban agriculture illegal, as many other cities had, gardening activities were still technically constrained in the industrially zoned areas with most of the large vacant lots, so the land use policy task force worked to … Continue reading

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Winning policies that afford stronger protection therefore requires outsider strategies

Specifically, my spatial analysis indicates that the main citywide programs in Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Seattle have generally developed gardens closer to marginalized communities than to more privileged ones. Overall, gardens in each city have been located closer to neighborhoods with … Continue reading

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