Intro; Foreword; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Chapter 2: The Emergence of Shared Gardens and Self-Built Structures in European Cities; Germany with Focus on Berlin; Austria with Focus on Vienna; Great Britain with Focus on London; France with Focus on Paris; References; Chapter 3: The Emergence of Shared Gardens and Self-Built Structures in North American Cities; The Emergence of Shared Gardens and Self-Built Structures in Cities in the United States; Philadelphia as United States' Case Study

The Emergence of Shared Gardens and Self-Built Structures in Canadian CitiesToronto as Canadian Case Study; References; Chapter 4: The Emergence of Community Gardens in New York with Focus on the South Bronx; Social and Economical Background of the South Bronx; Community Gardens and Urban Land Use; Community Gardens and Community Open Spaces; Community Gardens Versus Housing; References; Chapter 5: The Impact of Stakeholders on the Development of Community Gardens in the South Bronx; The Federal Government; The State and the Municipal Government; Banks; Insurance Companies; Landlords; Tenants

OrganizationsReferences; Chapter 6: Organizing, Planning and Governing Community Gardens; Community Garden Members and the Economic Situation; Community Garden Members and the Social Situation; Community Gardens, Community Organizing and Community Change; Community Gardens and Community Planning; Community Gardens and Governance; Community Gardens and Public Attention; Community Gardens and Affordable Housing; Community Gardens and Open Space Planning; Interdependency between City Planning, Housing and Community Gardens; References

Chapter 7: Community Gardens and Self-Built Structures as a Form of Cultural ExpressionCommunity Gardens, Shared Design Aesthetic and Culture; Design of Community Garden Elements and Cultural Context; The Casita as Puerto Rican Cultural Expression; The Casita in Puerto Rican Culture; The Development of the Casita in the Puerto Rican Context of the South Bronx; Other Self-Built Structures; The Batey; The Stage; The Chicken Coop; The Pig Roast; The Shrine and Other Artifacts; Rincon Criollo as Case Study of Community Gardens with Self-Built Structures; References

Chapter 8: Participatory Design of Community Gardens and Self-Built Structures: Lessons from Field ExperiencesParticipatory Design and Construction of Community Gardens; Participatory Design and Use of Shared Open Spaces; Involvement of Professionals in the Participatory Design Process; Participatory Building Process and Materials; Lessons from the Participatory Design of the "Gardenhaus"; Citywide Regulations for Self-Built Structures in Community Gardens; Participatory Development of the Gardenhaus; Looking Back at the Design of the Gardenhaus Structure