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Tools to incorporate the health perspective in municipal actions
Community Garden Social Impact Assessment Toolkit
- Format:
- Guide
- Target population:
- General population, local administrations and citizen associations
- Objetive:
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Help members of community gardens assess and reinforce their positive social impact at the local level.
- Methodology:
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The toolkit consists of three reflection exercises:
- a focus group,
- a survey of community garden members, and
- a neighbourhood-level survey.
Each exercise collects different complementary information.
- Opportunities and limitations:
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This is a very comprehensive, structured guide, which provides instructions and recommendations to implement all the proposed tools, templates and reference questionnaires.
Depending on the characteristics and objectives of the garden, all three reflection exercises can be carried out, or just one or two.
- Indicators:
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Number of local administrations/agents involved. Percentage of people who feel they belong in the neighbourhood/community. Level of population diversity.
- Thematic:
- Housing and neighbourhood communities Green infrastructure Equipment and services Cohesion and social capital
- Link to health:
- Social
- Scale of the field of study:
- Housing / street / building / bounded public space Block - set of buildings or spaces
- Implementation phase:
- Diagnosis / pre-project Monitoring and evaluation
- Methodological approach:
- Observation Qualitative / Participatory Questionnaire