Urban Ecology

East St. Louis Action Research Project
Lansdowne Neighborhood Redevelopment 2001

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Local Urban Agriculture


Urban agriculture is the production, distribution or sale of agriculture produce or
commodities in a metropolitan center.

Ways the Lansdowne neighborhood can utilize local urban agriculture:
 

• Community Gardens:
• These can be placed in vacant lots in Lansdowne.
• Farmers’ Market an example of this can be seen in Winstanly Industrial Park.
• A market should be tied to a commercial center of Lansdowne.

• Tree Farming which was previously done in Emmerson Park.
• This a good way to use land that has been previously contaminated by industry and can not be used for community gardens or housing without adequate clean-up.

 
 



Community Gardening                                                                                                                                                                                    Farmers Market

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Document author(s) : Lisa Fricker, Elizabeth Hines & Tricia LoDestro
HTML by : Lisa Fricker 7 Elizabeth Hines
Last modified: April 8, 2001