Challenges to promote sustainability in urban agriculture models: A review

LV Bennedetti, PA de Almeida Sinisgalli… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Urban agriculture (UA) can be used as an action to promote sustainability in cities and
inform public health policies for urban populations. Despite this growing recognition, its …

Comprehensive review of food-energy-water nexus at the community scale

N Ma, Y Zhang, R Zhang, W Zhang, X Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Food, energy, and water, as the basic resources supporting human survival, are
fundamental to the sustainable development of humanity. Urban space plays an influential …

Assessing city's performance-resource improvement in China: A sustainable circular economy framework approach

KJ Wu, W Hou, Q Wang, R Yu, ML Tseng - … Impact Assessment Review, 2022 - Elsevier
A sustainable circular economy accelerates efficiency and decouples wasted natural
resource consumption from current economic growth. Many studies have been devoted to …

Environmental horticulture for domestic and community gardens—An integrated and applied research approach

MB Gush, T Blanuša, LS Chalmin‐Pui… - Plants, People …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Daunting global challenges of climate change and biodiversity
loss may seem overwhelming. However, gardeners have a secret weapon—gardens …

[HTML][HTML] Review of urban agriculture as a strategy for building a water resilient city

G Ebissa, H Desta - City and Environment Interactions, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban agriculture (UA) can be used as a strategy to ensure the building of resilient cities.
The objective of this study is to extensively review the literature on what and how UA can …

[HTML][HTML] An investigation on construction companies' attitudes towards importance and adoption of circular economy strategies

PH Lee, YK Juan, Q Han, B de Vries - Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The construction industry is causing resource shortages and waste but has the potential to
become an industry that can practice the value of a circular economy (CE). A number of …

[HTML][HTML] Design knowledge of urban agriculture providing ecosystem services. A systematic literature review.

Y Huan, S Nijhuis, N Tillie - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban agriculture is acknowledged as a multifunctional integrated concept capable of
delivering various ecosystem services. Design-related empirical research which is regarded …

A review of nutrient losses to waters from soil-and ground-based urban agriculture—More nutrient balances than measurements

PCH van de Vlasakker, K Tonderski… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Urban agriculture has a high potential to contribute to local circular economies, for instance
by using nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in city organic waste streams as fertilizer …

Protecting ecosystem services of urban agriculture against land-use change using market-based instruments. A Polish perspective

J Goździewicz-Biechońska, A Brzezińska-Rawa - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban agriculture is the collective name for a wide variety of farming activities that occur
within a city's boundaries or direct sphere of influence. A shared feature of urban agriculture …

Hydroponic green roof systems as an alternative to traditional pond and green roofs: a literature review

R Rapisarda, F Nocera, V Costanzo, G Sciuto… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Among the several methods investigated over the past few years for the thermal mitigation of
buildings in urban areas, green roof systems seem to be one of the most suitable solutions …