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Urban Farming as a Transformative Planning Practice: The Contested New Territories in Hong Kong

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This article presents an alternative approach to understanding urban farming. Through the lens of feminist theories of regenerative politics, it demonstrates that urban farming can be rearticulated as/for/from within a… Click to show full abstract

This article presents an alternative approach to understanding urban farming. Through the lens of feminist theories of regenerative politics, it demonstrates that urban farming can be rearticulated as/for/from within a transformative planning practice. Drawing on planning practices in the less studied terrain of Hong Kong—the New Territories bordering mainland China—this article illustrates how urban farming can be seen as an enabling, cross-scale practice that nurtures the micro-politics of democracy in everyday life to reconnect and regenerate theories, practices, and boundaries.

Keywords: planning; transformative planning; hong kong; urban farming; planning practice

Journal Title: Journal of Planning Education and Research
Year Published: 2018

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