The role of urban agriculture as a nature-based solution: A review for developing a systemic assessment framework

M Artmann, K Sartison - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Urbanization and achieving sustainable agriculture are both major societal challenges. By
reducing food miles and connecting people with nature, food cultivation in cities has several …

A review on urban agriculture: technology, socio-economy, and policy

GN Yuan, GPB Marquez, H Deng, A Iu, M Fabella… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
It has been a challenge to support the expansion of urban agriculture (UA) in cities due to its
poor economic profitability. However, it is also hard to deny the increasing benefits of UA in …

Evaluation of hydroponic systems for the cultivation of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L., var. Longifolia) and comparison with protected soil-based cultivation

M Majid, JN Khan, QMA Shah, KZ Masoodi… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
The expansion of the earth's population has led to the overuse of land and water resources,
which has ultimately resulted in their scarcity. Changing climatic conditions and erratic …

Features and functions of multifunctional urban agriculture in the global north: a review

F Orsini, G Pennisi, N Michelon, A Minelli… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, urban agriculture (UA) projects have bloomed throughout the world, finding
large applications also in the developed economies of the so-called Global North. As …

Testing the environmental performance of urban agriculture as a food supply in northern climates

B Goldstein, M Hauschild, J Fernández… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
The past decade has seen a renaissance of urban agriculture in the world's wealthy,
northern cities. The practice of producing food in and around cities is championed as a …

Urban versus conventional agriculture, taxonomy of resource profiles: a review

B Goldstein, M Hauschild, J Fernández… - Agronomy for …, 2016 - Springer
Urban agriculture appears to be a means to combat the environmental pressure of
increasing urbanization and food demand. However, there is hitherto limited knowledge of …

Environmental impacts and resource use of urban agriculture: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Dorr, B Goldstein, A Horvath, C Aubry… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Environmental merits are a common motivation for many urban agriculture (UA) projects.
One powerful way of quantifying environmental impacts is with life cycle assessment (LCA) …

Application of life cycle thinking towards sustainable cities: A review

A Petit-Boix, P Llorach-Massana… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Defining sustainable cities is not straightforward. The main issues involved in urban
sustainability are buildings, energy, food, green areas and landscape, mobility, urban …

Socially acceptable urban agriculture businesses

K Specht, T Weith, K Swoboda, R Siebert - Agronomy for sustainable …, 2016 - Springer
The rise of successful entrepreneurs in urban agriculture has attracted global interest. Here,
we hypothesized that societal preferences and the acceptability of urban agriculture projects …

A decision support framework for the design and operation of sustainable urban farming systems

L Li, X Li, C Chong, CH Wang, X Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing population and continuous urbanization make food security prominent in
sustainable development. It is important to develop economic and resource-efficient farming …