[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity-friendly practices to support urban nature across ecosystem levels in green areas at different scales

P Biella, L Bani, E Caprio, F Cochis, O Dondina… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2025 - Elsevier
Biodiversity is pivotal for delivering ecosystem services to the human society, but lack of
nesting, shortages of trophic resources and disharmonic biological communities are …

Life cycle assessment to evaluate the sustainability of urban agriculture: opportunities and challenges

LK Mietz, BM Civit, AP Arena - Agroecology and Sustainable Food …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Urban agriculture, the production of food within city limits, stands as a potential alternative
for establishing a new and resilient food system. It is expected to address global challenges …

Urban agriculture matters for sustainable development

P Pradhan, DR Subedi, K Dahal, Y Hu, P Gurung… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
Urban agriculture can contribute to sustainable development. However, a holistic
investigation is lacking to comprehend its positive and negative impacts on the Sustainable …

Pathways for Cleaner, Greener, Healthier Cities: What Is the Role of Urban Agriculture in the Circular Economy of Two Nordic Cities?

A De Jesus, L Aguiar Borges - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
As major hubs for energy and resource consumption and carbon emissions, cities are at the
forefront of the discussion on the impacts of megatrends, such as demographic changes …

Pollution gradients shape microbial communities associated with Ae. albopictus larval habitats in urban community gardens

P Duval, E Martin, L Vallon, P Antonelli… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is well adapted to urban environments
and takes advantage of the artificial containers that proliferate in anthropized landscapes …

The urbanisation of controlled environment agriculture: Why does it matter for urban studies?

S Marvin, L Rickards, J Rutherford - Urban Studies, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper critically examines why urban studies should be interested in the emergence of
controlled environment agriculture. Over the last decade, there has been significant …

The emergence of irrigated agriculture in semi-arid zones in the face of climate change and urbanization in peri-urban areas in Setif, Algeria

L Fertas, M Alouat, H Benmahamed - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
This article aims to investigate the complex relationship between a local population and its
natural and urban environment. The study area, which was previously dominated by cereal …

Unraveling the role of informal mutual aid networks in maintaining urban farms in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo

M Kesonga Nsele, T Dogot, K Maréchal - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The multiple constraints of urban agriculture have prompted farmers in
Lubumbashi to turn to informal mutual aid networks. The survey data collected from 88 …

A classification scheme for urban agriculture combining technical properties with characteristics related to the economic and social sustainability

M Douziech, S Mann, S Galley, J Lansche - Agronomy for Sustainable …, 2024 - Springer
Urban agriculture is often associated with sustainable agricultural practices. However, the
variety of systems qualifying as urban agriculture and the limited information available about …

Assessing Urban Agriculture's Potential for Biodiversity Conservation, Carbon Sequestration, and Community Development: A Comparative Study of Residents' …

S Gavrilaș, O Brînzan, E Tigan, RL Blaga, T Iancu - Land, 2025 - mdpi.com
Urban agriculture is increasingly recognized as a strategy for enhancing sustainability and
well-being in urban areas, mainly through circular economy principles. This study …