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Abstract

Continuing urbanization means that city regions face challenges of development, governance, and sustainability. One of these challenges relates to the management of urban green space, whether municipal parks, forests, or productive land (animal husbandry, vegetable or fruit production). This paper draws on case study research of forestry associations in Galicia. We pay specific attention to the role of comuneiros (commoners): parishioners, who collectively own and manage often‐neglected green spaces: planting or rejuvenating forests of native species to enhance ecological services (water retention, fire prevention, biodiversity) while also including productive functions such as forest fruit production and small‐scale animal husbandry. At the same time these activities create social benefits. With the aim of examining the position and strategies of self‐governing forest organizations, we explore the organizational‐institutional environment of the commons and how this facilitates (and/or obstructs) the objective of providing multiple sustainable and health benefits within the parishes, between them, and to nearby urban residents. We conclude that this particular type of management of urban green space provides products (food and non‐food) and services which are not only of private interest in that they create potential new business opportunities but also of high public value.

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Title
The Commons Revisited: Revalorizing the Role of comuneiros in the Redesign of Urban Agro‐Food and Agroforestry Systems
Author
Dominguez Garcia, M Dolores 1 ; Swagemakers, Paul 2 ; Schmid, Otto 3 

 Dep. of Applied Economics IV, Complutense Univ. of Madrid, Madrid, Spain 
 Dep. of Applied Economics, Univ. of Vigo, Campus Universitario As Lagoas, Ourense, Spain 
 Dep. of Socio‐Economic Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick, Switzerland 
Pages
1-10
Section
City Region Food Systems Special Section
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Nov 2017
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
e-ISSN
25751220
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2664976423
Copyright
© 2017. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.