The motivations of urban agriculture practitioners in deprived neighborhoods: A comparative study of Montreal and Quito

《The motivations of urban agriculture practitioners in deprived neighborhoods: A comparative study of Montreal and Quito》

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作者: Pierre Paul Audate;Geneviève Cloutier;Alexandre Lebel

来源: URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING,Vol.62,Issue1,Article 127171

语言: 英文

关键字: Extrinsic motivations;Food;Health;Intrinsic motivations;Social capital;Urban agriculture

作者单位: Graduate School of Land Management and Regional Planning, Faculty of Planning, Architecture, Art and Design, Laval University, Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada;Centre for Research on Planning and Development (CRAD), Laval University, Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada;Evaluation Platform on Obesity Prevention, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Quebec, G1V 4G5, Canada;Graduate School of Land Management and Regional Planning, Faculty of Planning, Architecture, Art and Design, Laval University, Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada;Centre for Research on Planning and Development (CRAD), Laval University, Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada;Evaluation Platform on Obesity Prevention, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Quebec, G1V 4G5, Canada

摘要: Urban agriculture (UA) is increasingly used as a strategy to improve food environments and the aesthetic of urban areas in different socioeconomic contexts. However, little is known about the characteristics and motivations of UA practitioners and how socioeconomic contexts may shape their motivations. This study provides an empirically-grounded understanding of the characteristics and motivations of UA practitioners, as well as the challenges they face, in deprived neighborhoods of two cities with different socioeconomic contexts: Montreal, Canada and Quito, Ecuador. A total of n=36 UA practitioners and n=8 UA promotors were purposively interviewed. The interview guides included open-ended questions in order to capture relevant information and nuances of the participants regarding the origin of their interest, their perceptions, and motivations related to UA. Individuals’ discourses were analyzed to identify similarities and differences between the two cities, through which we developed a typology based on the motivations of UA practitioners. We found that practitioners categorized as the Eco-engaged and Socio-engaged types are more predominant in Montreal, whereas the Econo-expert and Versatile-caretaker types characterized the practitioners in Quito. The findings also indicate that the motivations for participating in UA in both cities are related to the self-provision of healthy food, health and wellbeing, empowerment, social capital, and economic rewards. We argue that these motivations represent health-related outcomes that should influence urban planning policies, so as to encourage UA in deprived neighborhoods.