This is a service provided by RUcore, Rutgers University Community Repository. https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/47598/syndicate/rss/ Copyright 2018, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey cmmills@libraries.rutgers.edu (RUcore Syndication Service) en-us RUcore Syndication System, v1.0 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 RUcore, Rutgers University Repository RSS Record Syndication https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/47598/ https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3MP554B Vardi Topal, Hanife Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0500 Urban agriculture is becoming increasingly important in developed and developing countries that are experiencing serious environmental and social problems. As a developing country, Turkey has faced some environmental, social and economic issues in urban areas with typically irregular industrialization and urbanization processes since the 1950s. In this study, community gardening, as one of the urban agriculture practices, was evaluated as a tool for sustainable urban development in the Izmir Metropolitan area in Turkey. The potential of existing community gardens was investigated with two case study sites in Bornova and Buca regarding social, economic and environmental qualities of the region. A mixed method approach incorporates historical research, interviews, and diagramming. After the evaluation of findings from site observations, open discussions and interviews, the data was used to illustrate conceptual community garden network in Izmir.