RAIL BALTICA

European railway infrastructure project to improve the

mobility between the Baltic States and connectivity with
Europe

Fernando Ruiz Palma

MA Town and Country Planning
London South Bank University
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The transnational flow of planning ideas is

far from an unproblematic process.
Critically evaluate this statement using examples from the evolution of planning
cultures and practices in and across Europe and the wider world.
Fernando Ruiz Palma
MA Town and Country Planning LSBU
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INQUIRY
PLANNING LAW INTO PRACTICE
FERNANDO RUIZ
MA. TCP
THE CONNAUGHT ESTATE
REGENERATION PROJECT
HOUSING AND REGENERATION
Fernando Ruiz MA TCP at LSBU
 URBAN AGRICULTURE IN LONDON
Submitted by Fernando Ruiz (ID 3829339)
for the MA TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING 2019/2020
of London South Bank University
School of Law and Social Sciences
Division of Urban, Environment and Leisure Studies
Declaration of authority…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………3
Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………… 3
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………4

Contents

1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
1.1 Justification………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………….……….8
1.2 Aim and objectives……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
1.3 Methodology…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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1.3.2 How are the research objectives achieved?....................................................................................................................10
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1.3.5 Case studies of UA ………… …………… ………………………………… ………………………… ………………………………....…… .11

2. Literature review
2.1 Urban sustainability…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..….……..13
2.1.1 Green infrastructure………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………..15
2.1.2 Biodiversity and ecosystem……………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …..16
2.2 Sustainable food system……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….17
2.2.1 Social space and inclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …..17
2.2.2 Opportunities for a new urban economy……………………………………………………………………………………..…………………….………18
2.3 Urban Agriculture……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….......…..19

3. Urban Agriculture: a theoretical concept

3.1 Definition of UA………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….……..21
3.2 Factors of
UA……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...….…… 22
3.3 Benefits of UA………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… .………… 23
3.4 Risks associated with
UA..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..……… 25

4. Urban Agriculture in Town and Country Planning………………………… ………………………………………………………………….………….….27

4.1. Greater London…………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………….………
4.2 Boroughs in London……………..…………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………..… 29

5. Analysis of Urban Agriculture in London………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……….……… 31

6.1 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..32
6.2 Challenges facing by the spaces of the case studies selected.……………………………… ……………………………………….……………..38

6. Conclusions…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ....41

Appendix

7. Transcriptions from interviews……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..43

8. List of acronyms and
abbreviations……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….…50
9. List of tables and figures…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….…51
10. Bibliography and resources………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…… 52
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Spaces analysed: 1. Clapham Common Bandstand Beds 2. Maryon Community Garden
3. Royal Paddocks Allotments in Bushy Park 4. ’ 5. Hoxton Trust Community Garden