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This book provides an extensive interdisciplinary overview of the role of gardens in cities throughout different historical periods. It shows that, thanks to various forms of spatial and social organisation, gardens are part of the material urban landscape, biodiversity, symbolic and social shape, and assets of our cities, and are increasingly becoming valued as an ‘order’ to follow. Gardens have long been part of the development of cities, serving different purposes through the ages: shaping neighborhoods to promote health or hygiene, introducing aesthetic or biological elements, gathering the citizens around a social purpose, and providing food and diversity in times of crisis. Highlighting examples that can serve as the basis for comparisons, the chapters offer a brief panorama of experiences and models of gardens in the city – in the European context and in various periods of history – while also discussing issues related to garden cities, urban agriculture and community gardens. The contributors are university staff from various disciplines in the human and life sciences, in discourse with other academics but also with practitioners who are interested in experiences with urban gardens and in promoting an awareness of their spatial, social and ‘philosophical’ goals throughout history. The book will appeal to urban geographers, sociologists and historians, but also to urban ecologists dealing with ecosystem services, biodiversity and sustainable development in cities. From a more operational standpoint, landscape planners and architects are sure to find many of the projects enlightening and inspirational.

Urban gardens --- History. --- Geography. --- Cities and towns --- Urban geography. --- Environmental geography. --- Landscape ecology. --- Sociology, Urban. --- Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns). --- Urban History. --- Historical Geography. --- Landscape Ecology. --- Urban Studies/Sociology. --- Environmental Geography. --- Urban sociology --- Ecology --- Geography --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- City gardens --- Gardens --- Cities and towns-History. --- Historical geography. --- Geography, Historical --- Cities and towns—History. --- Human geography. --- Physical geography. --- Urban Sociology. --- Human Geography. --- Physical Geography. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Human ecology

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Food-growing gardens first appeared in early medieval cities during a period of major social, economic, and political change in the Italian peninsula, and they quickly took on a critical role in city life. The popularity of urban gardens in the medieval city during this period has conventionally been understood as a sign of decline in the post-Roman world, signalling a move towards a subsistence economy. Caroline Goodson challenges this interpretation, demonstrating how urban gardens came to perform essential roles not only in the economy, but also in cultural, religious, and political developments in the emerging early medieval world. Observing changes in how people interacted with each other and their environments from the level of individual households to their neighbourhoods, and the wider countryside, Goodson draws on documentary, archival, and archaeological evidence to reveal how urban gardening reconfigured Roman ideas and economic structures into new, medieval values.

Urban gardens --- Food supply --- Cities and towns, Medieval --- City and town life --- History --- Italy --- Social life and customs --- City life --- Town life --- Urban life --- Sociology, Urban --- Food control --- Produce trade --- Agriculture --- Food security --- Single cell proteins --- City gardens --- Gardens --- Ciudades medievales --- Alimentos --- Historia --- Italia --- Víveres --- Alimento --- Comestibles --- Ingeniería alimenticia --- Productos alimenticios --- Tecnología alimenticia --- Economía doméstica --- Cenas --- Mesa --- Regímenes alimentarios --- Digestión --- Aromatizantes --- Algas (Alimento) --- Productos agrícolas --- Plantas comestibles --- Mariscos --- Hortalizas --- Frutas --- Condimentos --- Cereales --- Gastronomía --- Bromatología --- Alimentación --- Cocina --- Pueblos medievales --- Bastiones --- Construcciones fortificadas --- Plazas fortificadas --- Poblaciones fortificadas