Contents

Preface – Let’s get some bearings
 
Chapter 1

Themes for the thesis: ‘Sustainability’ goes to the City

Sustainable what?
Sustainable + city = ???/ Help save the Elsewhere!
All these people!
Who are they, anyway?
So where does this leave us?
The structure of the thesis
Chapter 2

Urban Food Production: Green Bits among the Grey Bits

Some philosophies and manifestations of urban gardening
Who was involved: community gardens within Sydney
I can see my house!
The nature of the research
Chapter 3

Manifestations of Urban Food Production: Gardens, Spaces and Bodies

A brief stroll through the gardens
Angel Street Permaculture Garden
Garden origins and structure
How news travels
Daily management structures
Involvement with other bodies
What the garden means to participants
Issues identified by the garden group
University of New South Wales Permaculture Community Garden
Garden origins and structure
How news travels
Daily management structures
Involvement with other bodies
What the garden means to participants
Issues identified by the garden group
Glovers Community Garden
Garden origins and structure
How news travels
Daily management structures
Involvement with other bodies
What the garden means to participants
Issues identified by the garden group
Randwick Community Organic Garden
Garden origins and structure
How news travels
Daily management structures
Involvement with other bodies
What the garden means to participants
Issues identified by the garden group
Cook, Marton and Solander Community Gardens, Waterloo
Garden origins and structure
How news travels
Daily management structures
Involvement with other bodies
What the garden means to participants
Issues identified by the garden groups
Waterloo Community Garden
Garden origins and structure
How news travels
Daily management structures
Involvement with other bodies
What the garden means to participants
Issues identified by the garden group
The Women’s Community Garden, Marrickville
Garden origins and structure
How news travels
Daily management structures
Involvement with other bodies
What the garden means to participants
Issues identified by the garden group
Street Jungle Community Garden Project, Macdonaldtown
Garden origins and structure
How news travels
Daily management structures
Involvement with other bodies
What the garden means to participants
Issues identified by the garden group
Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network
How ACFCGN started
ACFCGN’s role and the evolution of this
How news travels
Issues identified by ACFCGN
Community Gardens Officer, South Sydney Council
But what does it all mean??
Chapter 4

Manifestations of Access: The Carrot Bone’s Connected to the Council Bone…

Local embeddedness, place and ‘community’
Networks: ANTs, rhizomes and replication
Edges
Normalisation
And…?
 
Chapter 5

Inconclusion

How nets work
Groupies
Sustainability… past processes, present concerns, future prospects
Where am I?
 
Appendix I – sample interview questions
Appendix II – permaculture zones
 
Reference List

 
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Appendix I
Appendix II
References

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