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As discussed above, ‘sustainability’ when interpreted as relying upon human aspirations, beliefs and behaviour channelled through action based on informed choice, relies upon access to information, other individuals and spaces considered relevant for action or communication. Assessment of access thus requires consideration and interrogation of the various conduits between people and bodies. Such structures or ‘networks’ are themselves comprised of specific individuals and technologies and reliant upon specific bodies, technologies and spaces. In light of this, ‘action’ for ‘urban’ ‘sustainability’ involves contextual, contestable processes and structures through which people identify themselves and develop infrastructure and activities of relevance to themselves and their fellow citizens. The generation of such spaces and frameworks requires access to information, individuals and the spaces generated.
Urban community gardens represent appropriate sites for an assessment of these issues, presenting a collection of spaces, structures and processes which reveal aspects of sustainability, community, action and the urban realm. Hence, these spaces represent a potential site for moving beyond simplistic and simplifying urban/elsewhere dichotomies to a more creative perception of what cities may be. |
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