Progress 04/01/10 to 09/30/14
Outputs
Target Audience: Policymakers, stakeholders, and design professionals working within urban agricultural sectors, as well as policymakers and design & planning professionals practicing in urban landscape design focused on climate change adaptation. Changes/Problems: I was granted a 1-year extension of my current AES project to allow time to complete existing projects in SF Bay Area and related publications. The project will now end in September 2015. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? The presentation of research and design materials to related environmental design conferences including the Environmental Design Research Association annual conferences in 2010 and 2013 (Washington, D.C. and Providence, R.I.) , Food and the City Symposium 2013 (Austin, TX) Mediated Cities Conference 2014 (London, U.K.), Spaces and Flows International Conference of Urban and Ex-urban Studies 2012(Prato, Italy), the Riverine Cities Conference 2013 (Kent, U.K.), and the Council for Educators in Landscape Architecture annual conference 2014 (Manhattan, KS). Conference provided opportunities for professional development in the environmental design disciplines. In addition, educational materials and curricula on the design and planning of edible landscapes (a typology of urban agriculture) was developed for statewide Master Gardeners and delivered throughout the state in five regional trainings throughout 2011-12; similar content was presented at the bi-annual Statewide Master Gardener Conference (Yosemite, CA) in October 2014. Lastly, existing UC ANR resources on urban agriculture have been compiled and made accessible (following a comprehensive state-wide needs assessment conducted in 2012-13) through a new urban agriculture website launched in September 2013: http://ucanr.edu/sites/UrbanAg/ How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The results of this work have been disseminated to design professionals via conference presentations; in addition, public presentation and exhibition of work has occurred in New York City and San Francisco and San Jose, CA. Community outreach meetings have also been conducted in target communities in San Jose to integrate community members with the design process related to public art installations. In addition the September 2013 launch of the UC ANR website on Urban Agriculture provides resources to stakeholders throughout the state and beyond. Lastly, educational materials have been developed as a 'train the trainer' model for statewide master gardeners to disseminate research to stakeholders throughout California. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? I intend to pursue similar community outreach, research, and design installations within vulnerable neighborhoods in Oakland, CA, with support for the University of California Humanities Research Institute's (UCHRI) Community Partnerships grant funding. In addition, I am engaged in a project to train youth leaders as urban agriculture tour guides throughout the state.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
This project accomplished the goals as stated in the hatch proposal, including: 1. Developing case studies of productive urban landscapes as precedence in European, Asian, and Latin American cities; 2. Developing case studies of current infrastructural management systems and their related residual landscapes in North American cities; 3. Utilizing GIS mapping techniques and economic data to quantify and qualify urban public landscapes and infrastructural systems in North American cities; 4. Documenting policies, practices, and processes in planning, design, and management of urban public open spaces and infrastructural systems; 5. Identifying potential political, spatial, and infrastructural opportunities for productive use of urban public open spaces; and 6. Proposing potential design scenarios for public, infrastructural landscapes in urban settings within North America. A change in knowledge occurred during the project, in which I identified 2 specific means in which landscapes contribute to cities productively: the design of urban agriculture as public space and the design of landscapes for climate change adaptation. Following those separate but related threads, a subsequent change in knowledge occurred in which stakeholders clarified their need for qualitative evaluation of the productive role of their urban agricultural landscapes (as opposed to quantitative evaluation). As such, the project responded by evaluating public space capacities of existing productive urban landscapes.
Publications
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Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Napawan, N. C. "Production Places: Evaluating Communally-Managed Urban Farms as Public Space," Landscape Journal, Spring 2015.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Napawan, N. C and Townsend, S. A. The Landscape of Urban Agriculture in Californias Capital City," Landscape Research, Fall 2015.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Napawan, N. C. and Snyder, B. L. "City Sink: Waste Water as the Subject of Public Art in San Jose." Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Annual Conference, Manhattan, Kansas, March 2015.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Napawan, N. C. and Simpson, S. "Our Changing Climate: Community Partnerships for Resilience." Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Annual Conference, Manhattan, Kansas, March 2015.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Napawan, N. C. and Burke, E. "Productive Potential: Evaluating Residential Urban Agriculture," Landscape Research, Spring 2016.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Napawan, N. C. "Designing and Planning of Edible Landscapes as Public Space," Bi-Annual California State-wide Master Gardener Conference, Yosemite, CA, Invited Speaker, October 2014.
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Progress 01/01/13 to 09/30/13
Outputs
Target Audience: Policymakers, stakeholders, and design professionals working within urban agricultural sectors, as well as policymakers and design professionals practicing in urban landscape design focuses on climate change adaptation. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? The presentation of research and design materials to related design conferences including the Environmental Design Research Association, Mediated Cities Conference, and the Riverine Cities Conference provided opportunities for professional development in the environmental design disciplines. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The results of this work have been disseminated to design professionals via conference presentations; in addition, public presentation and exhibition of work has occurred in New York City and San Jose, CA. Community outreach meetings have also been conducted in target communities in San Jose to integrate community members with the design process related to public art installations. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? I plan to present my findings on further urban agricultural research at the Master Gardener Statewide Conference in October 2014. I also intend to pursue more application of research findings through design competition entries and other creative works of landscape design.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
A change in action occurred during the report period time: The application of research on landscape design for climate change adaptation to creative works directly resulted in the Smart Sidewalks design intervention, which was awarded the Best Functionality Award by the City of New York and Mayor Bloomberg in the 2013 design competition, Reinventing Payphones. In addition, design work commissioned by the City of San Jose for a public awareness installation on waste water infrastructure will be completed in March 2014.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Napawan, N. C. Revealing Complexity: Evaluating San Francisco's Urban Agricultural Use of Landscape Typologies for City-Wide Promotion, Journal of Urban Design. Spring 2013.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Surls, R. , Feesntra, G., Golden, S., Galt, R., Hardesty, S. Napawan, N. C., and Wilen, C. Gearing up to Support Urban Farming in California: Preliminary Results of a Needs Assessment. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Spring 2014
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Napawan, N. C. Unbuilding San Francisco: Climate Change Resilience through Landscape Design. Spaces & Flows: Journal of Urban & Exurban Studies. Spring 2014
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Book Chapters
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Napawan, N. C. and Snyder, B. "PoroCity: Networking Cities for a Changing Climate." Mediated Cities. Summer 2014.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Napawan, N. C. and Snyder, B. "Smarter Sidewalks/Changing Cities: Multi-Scalar Approaches to Urban Resilience." Environmental Design Research Association Conference Proceedings. New Orleans, June 2014.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Napawan, N. C. and Snyder, B. "Poro-City: Networking Cities for a Changing Climate." Environmental Design Research Association Conference Proceedings. New Orleans, June 2014
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Napawan, N. C. and Snyder, B. "City Sink: New Networks for Urban Waste Water Management." Riverine Cities. London, June 2014.
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Progress 01/01/12 to 12/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Prior research efforts to measure the urban resource use of 6 farms in San Francisco have evolved to include an evaluation of the urban farms as public open space, supporting community gathering, economic development, and neighborhood identity. This research was presented to community urban agriculture interest groups at the monthly San Francisco Urban Agricultural Alliance (SFUAA) meeting on February 12, 2013, and to Sacramento area professionals during the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) Sacramento Chapter roundtable presentation, entitled "Soul of the City" on October 18, 2012. This research was also incorporated into "Edible Landscapes," a UCANR funded training program to provide science-based curricula to CA master gardeners on edible landscaping techniques. Presentations were held state-wide during the Fall 2012. Also provided expert interview for LA Times article regarding urban agriculture in San Francisco in September 2012. In addition, current research has evaluated the city planning & policy initiatives to support urban agricultural growth in San Francisco and other San Francisco Bay Area cities. This research will be presented to environmental design professionals and academics June 2013 to the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA). Research has also included a regional food system analysis around the San Francisco Bay Area, evaluating relative food resilience of 4 Bay Area communities with regard to density, distribution network, and geographic location. This research progress has been presented to food system and environmental design professionals & interest groups, while participating on a roundtable at the Food & the City conference in Austin, Texas on February 2, 2013. Lastly, research has also included an evaluation of the current planning and development strategies along San Francisco's eastern shore, under the context of the threat of climate change impacts (including sea level rise & increased precipitation). This research has been presented the Albany Waterfront committee (East Bay waterfront city) in November 2012. Research has also integrated with design work constructed on local waterfront with community effort, and speculative designs submitted to high-profile national design competitions. PARTICIPANTS: With funding from University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Division (ANR) and in collaboration with California Center for Urban Horticulture (CCUH) and Extension Academics (including Loren Oki, Mary Bianchi, Janet Hartin, Chuck Ingels, Pam Geisel, Dave Fujino, Missy Borel, Dennis Pittenger, and Linda Harris) current research efforts have contributed to the development of training materials for a 'Train the Trainer' program for Industry Professionals and Master Gardeners to deliver science-based curricula in edible landscape plants and practices. Professional trainings activities are scheduled for September 2012 - Jan 2013 in Northern California, Bay Area, Central Coast, Central Valley, and Southern California. TARGET AUDIENCES: Research-based information about edible landscape plants and practices will be targeted to training Master Gardeners and related industry professionals (ie: Landscape Architects) in the State of California. In addition, presentation to environmental design professional conferences (AIA, ASLA, EDRA) will target environmental design professionals in raising awareness of urban agriculture. Presentation to community organizations (SFUAA) targets local interest groups and city administrators regarding important role of design & environmental designers in urban agriculture. Lastly, presentation to local waterfront committees targets local government agencies (SFPUC, SFRPD) regarding potential impacts of climate change on urban planning, policy, & development. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Engagement with community impacted researcher's investigation focus from one that was solely focused on enumerating quantifiable data related to resource use in urban farms, towards one that evaluated qualitative information regarding accessibility, usability, and general public use of urban farms. Thus, research goals were shifted to address community needs.
Impacts
The impacts of Edible Landscapes training program are currently being compiled utilizing survey methods. Results of this survey will reveal the impact on a change of gardening habits by Summer 2013. Presentation at SFUAA and AIA meetings have provided opportunities to address questions of design professionals, community leaders, city administrators, and interest groups regarding urban agriculture. In particular, engagement with community impacted researcher's investigation focus from one that was solely focused on enumerating quantifiable data related to resource use in urban farms, towards one that evaluated qualitative information regarding accessibility, usability, and general public use of urban farms. Thus, research goals were shifted to address community needs.
Publications
- Unbuilt Visions Competition: UN-building San Francisco's Eastern Shore: Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change InUNdations, 2012.
- Napawan, N. C. "Multi-Productive Place: Evaluating Urban Farms as Public Open Space," Landscape Journal. Spring 2012 (PENDING)
- Napawan, N. C. "Revealing Complexity: Evaluating San Francisco's Urban Agricultural Use of Landscape Typologies for City-Wide Promotion," Journal of Urban Design. Spring 2013. (PENDING)
- Napawan, N. C. "Toward a Landscape Typology for Urban Agriculture." Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) conference proceedings, June 2013. (IN PRESS).
- Napawan, N. C. and Burke, E. "Mapping Food Resiliency in the San Francisco Bay Area," Food: An Atlas. Fall 2012. (IN PRESS)
- Napawan, N. C., Geisel, P., Borel, M. "Design and Planning of Edible Landscapes." Edible Landscapes: 'Train the Trainer' Workbook, University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources. Fall 2012. (IN PRESS)
- The Urbanite Project: Healthy Food Challenge: The Urban Agricultural Toolkit, 2012.
- Albany Waterfront Cove, Albany, CA, 2012.
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Progress 01/01/11 to 12/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Current research efforts include an investigation of 6 urban farms in San Francisco to measure the amount of resources utilized on-site and evaluate the role of site selection, design, and management towards increased urban sustainability via solid waste absorption and the provision of public open space. Research progress was presented at the November 2011 San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance (SFUAA) meeting to provide local community an opportunity to comment on research intent and appraoch. Results are anticipated to be presented again at the SFUAA in 2012. Presentation materials are currently being developed for a Master Gardener training session to be held in collaboration with the California Center for Urban Horticulture (CCUH) and various Extension Specialists throughout California, and supported by the UC ANR program. These training materials are intended to provide Master Gardeners with information related to instructing for the design and management of edible and productive landscapes in a variety of sites throughout California. Research on urban farms has contributed to the development of presentation materials, training sessions, and workbooks to be distributed to Master Gardeners participating in the program. Lastly, research relative to the professional practice of landscape architecture will be presented at the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) conference 2012 PARTICIPANTS: With funding from University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Division (ANR) and in collaboration with California Center for Urban Horticulture (CCUH) and Extension Academics (including Loren Oki, Mary Bianchi, Janet Hartin, Chuck Ingels, Pam Geisel, Dave Fujino, Missy Borel, Dennis Pittenger, and Linda Harris) current research efforts have contributed to the development of training materials for a 'Train the Trainer' program for Industry Professionals and Master Gardeners to deliver science-based curricula in edible landscape plants and practices. Professional trainings activities are scheduled for September 2012 - Jan 2013 in Northern California, Bay Area, Central Coast, Central Valley, and Southern California. TARGET AUDIENCES: Research-based information about edible landscape plants and practices will be targeted to training Master Gardeners and related industry professionals (ie: Landscape Architects) in the State of California. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Site inventory and analysis of resource inputs into 6 urban San Francisco farms produced compelling data regarding the role of urban farms in helping to metabolize urban wastes on a small scale. This analysis included development of several criteria identified in the site selection, design, and management of urban farms contributing to their relative sustainability and provision of public open space. This has supported the hypothesis that there exists an important role a designer and landscape architect can play alongside policy advocates, community groups, and master gardeners who currently initiate urban farming and/or productive urban landscapes. Thus designers can increase the productivity & sustainability (from a resource management perspective as well as in providing additional urban public open spaces) of cities.
Publications
- Napawan, N. C. "From Spaces to Flows: Re-evaluating the Role of Urban Parks in the Post-Industrial City," Spaces and Flows: Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies. Fall 2011 (IN PRESS)
- Napawan, N. C. "Redefining Productive in Urban Agriculture: Resource Production and Consumption in San Francisco Urban Farms." Conference proceedings (abstract), Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Seattle,WA. June 2012 (IN PRESS)
- Napawan, N. C. "Multi-Productive Place: Evaluating Urban Farms as Public Open Space," Landscape Journal. Spring 2012 (PENDING)
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Progress 01/01/10 to 12/31/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: During this initial year of investigation, activities have focused on the collection of data regarding recently designed and/or constructed urban parks in major US cities, including San Francisco, CA and New York City, NY. This includes mapping of site locations related to urban growth and development; determining funding sources; calculating construction budgets and operation/maintenance costs; and evaluating concession and non-profit partnership agreements between urban public parks and alternative funding sources. This data was compiled to better understand the roles of current exchange values between urban parks and related urban developments. This data was presented in June of 2010 at the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) conference in Washington, D.C. Additionally, during the Spring of 2010, instruction of design studio and seminar course (LDA 180/181-O, Contemporary Issues in Landscape Architecture) focused on theorizing alternative productive values applied to post-industrial urban site, Hunters Point Shipyard in San Francisco, CA. Research of program opportunities for the site to sequester carbon, treat storm-water, produce food, and provide habitats were explored, alongside recreational and aesthetic programs. Student design investigations were disseminated to community interest groups via presentation at a 'First Fridays' event in August 2010, hosted by The Shipyard Trust for the Arts (STAR) and attended by representatives of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) and Hunters Point Community members. PARTICIPANTS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
The results of the data analysis related to urban park and development exchange values led to a change in knowledge in which I have learned alternative and increasingly important new roles urban parks play in urban growth and development beyond the formal. Current analysis of park role in urban design has been limited to the formal relationships of figure and ground. By evaluating the exchange values between parks and surrounding development, a new economic relationship has been identified. As a result, I believe landscape architects and other designers of the urban realm must adapt their roles to consider the role of value in park design to effectively continue engaging in the design of contemporary public urban spaces. The investigation of alternative productive value opportunities with student design instruction led to a change in action, whereby students and I engaged in a new method of design process to improve productive values of landscapes beyond merely aesthetic or recreational.
Publications
- Napawan, N. C. (2010) Multi-Productive Landscapes of the Sustainable City: Opportunities for Managing Resource Needs through Urban Landscapes. Nakhara Journal of Environmental Design and Planning, Vol. 6 October 2010, p. 1-18.
- Napawan, N. C. and Seybert, E. (2010) The Political Economy of Place: Determining the Productive Values of Urban Public Landscapes. Conference proceedings (abstract), Environmental Design Research Association, Washington, D.C., June 2010.
- Napawan, N. C. (2011) The City's Last Scrap of Land: Opportunities to Embody, as well as Occupy Infrastructure. Terrain Vague: The Interstitial as Site, Concept, Intervention. http://sitesituation.wordpress.com/ (pending)
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