MOWING TO GROWING: TRANSFORMING A MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE TO URBAN AGRICULTURE IN BALTIMORE CITY

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dc.contributor.advisorKweon, Dr. Byoung-Suken_US
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Nathanen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPlant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA)en_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-23T05:30:39Z
dc.date.available2016-06-23T05:30:39Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis demonstrates how landscape architects can transform underused golf course facilities located within cities for urban agriculture (UA). In the last decade more than 1000 golf courses have closed in the United States. Municipal golf courses represent some of the largest pieces of open space in cities and because of their inherent infrastructure they can provide the ideal location to support large-scale UA. In Southwest Baltimore large food deserts are a serious health concern and represent a lack of access to healthy food options for residents. Carroll Urban Agriculture Park is a design response resulting from a detailed analysis of the existing Carroll Park Golf Course and the surrounding community of Southwest Baltimore. The design will create an urban farm in a park-like setting to provide readily accessible healthy food options and various educational opportunities, and to support current and future urban agriculture related businesses in Baltimore.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2MV2M
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/18456
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLandscape architectureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAgricultureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgolf course repurposingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgolf coursesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUrban Agricultureen_US
dc.titleMOWING TO GROWING: TRANSFORMING A MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE TO URBAN AGRICULTURE IN BALTIMORE CITYen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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