Perceptions of the challenges and opportunities of utilising organic waste through urban agriculture in the durban south basin

NN Menyuka, M Sibanda, U Bob - International journal of environmental …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Waste management has become pertinent in urban regions, along with rapid population
growth. The current ways of managing waste, such as refuse collection and recycling, are …

Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of nitrogen recovery by ammonia air-stripping from wastewater treatment

S Kar, R Singh, PL Gurian, A Hendricks, P Kohl… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with anaerobic digestion of biosolids produce an
ammonia-rich sidestream out of which nitrogen can be recovered through air stripping …

Global trends in urban agriculture research: A pathway toward urban resilience and sustainability

D Yan, L Liu, X Liu, M Zhang - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban agriculture has been proposed as an important urban element to deal with the
challenges of food insecurity and environmental deterioration. In order to track current …

Consumers' perception of urban farming—An exploratory study

C Grebitus, L Chenarides, R Muenich… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Urban agriculture offers the opportunity to provide fresh, local food to urban communities.
However, urban agriculture can only be successfully embedded in urban areas if consumers …

Response of plant rhizosphere microenvironment to water management in soil-and substrate-based controlled environment agriculture (CEA) systems: A review

B Tan, Y Li, T Liu, X Tan, Y He, X You… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As natural agroecology deteriorates, controlled environment agriculture (CEA) systems
become the backup support for coping with future resource consumption and potential food …

“Urban Farming Is Going High Tech” Digital Urban Agriculture's Links to Gentrification and Land Use

M Carolan - Journal of the American Planning Association, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Problem, research strategy, and findings: How do traditional forms of urban agriculture and
the newer digital urban agriculture converge and diverge from one another in terms of land …

Effects of risk preferences and social networks on adoption of genomics by Chinese hog farmers

S Gao, C Grebitus, T Schmitz - Journal of Rural Studies, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in 2018 has had a massive impact on
the Chinese hog industry. Finding treatments for the disease has attracted scientists …

Urban Agriculture as a Public Good: Valuing Farming and Gardening in Philadelphia and Chicago

D Vitiello - Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Cities in the United States have developed urban agriculture support systems with
different priorities. These reflect the often-competing values ascribed and inscribed in cities' …

Characteristics and growing practices of Baltimore City farms and gardens

RE Santo, SN Lupolt, BF Kim, RA Burrows… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Paralleling growing international interest in the cultivation of crops and livestock in cities—
hereafter urban agriculture (UA)—Baltimore City has developed a robust network of urban …

Exploring Conventional Economic Viability as a Potential Barrier to Scalable Urban Agriculture: Examples from two Divergent Development Contexts

A Kafle, J Hopeward, B Myers - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban Agriculture (UA) is the widespread practice of food production within available city
space using non-commercial, commercial and hybrid production technologies. The …