Survey data on home gardeners and urban gardening practice in Pune, India.

ABSTRACT: The role of home gardens as productive green spaces in emerging megacities has so far been neglected when addressing pathways for sustainable urban development. This data article provides quantitative data from a questionnaire survey on gardening practice among home gardeners in Pune, one of the fastest growing cities in India and the Asian-Pacific region. Data include growing decisions and food production, fertilization, treatment of pests or irrigation as well as the cultural and recreational use of the garden. The survey also covered sociodemographic background information on the respondents and their gardening motivations. The data were used for a research article to build indicators for economic, environmental and socio-cultural sustainability dimensions of urban agriculture and analy

SUBMITTER: Zasada I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6849123 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature