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Discover SustainabilityDesertification, deforestation, climate change, global warming, and economic instability are leading to serious problems in many countries. Two of these negative factors are the decrease in agriculture areas and food scarcity.
Medhat Youssef +2 more
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Rooftop farming on urban waste provides many ecosystem services [PDF]
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2017 Urban farming, especially on rooftops, is a popular and growing topic in both the media and the scientific literature, providing a genuine opportunity to meet some of the challenges linked to urban development worldwide. However, relatively little attention has been paid to date to the growing medium of green roofs, i.e., Technosols.
Sabine Houot +2 more
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Lettuce Production under Mini-PV Modules Arranged in Patterned Designs
Agronomy, 2021 The growing need for clean energy and food production are favoring the use of underused spaces, such as rooftops. This study aims to demonstrate the compatibility of the use of rooftops both for the production of photovoltaic energy and for the ...
Angel Carreño-Ortega +3 more
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Chemistry Proceedings, 2022 Urban agriculture is receiving increased attention not only for food security and public health but for mitigating the impacts of urbanization and climate change. In cities, rooftop urban farms provide a solution for the limited space at the ground level.
Tamer Almaaitah +2 more
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Assessment of the linkage of urban green roofs, nutritional supply, and diversity status in Nepal
Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2021 Rooftop garden is growing in popularity and can be seen as a green roof for the local production of crops in urban buildings. This study focuses on the nutritionally important plants grown in the rooftop garden and their diversity index and evenness in ...
Sandesh Thapa +2 more
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HortScience, 2021 Agricultural hydrogels improve water retention in a variety of substrates. However, little is known about their impact on herb cultivation in rooftop farming.
Jin-Hee Ju, Yong-Han Yoon, Se-Young Ju
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Farming on Top: Rooftop Agriculture for Healthy Cities
Frontiers for Young Minds, 2022 The world is facing many problems nowadays, including a growing number of people living in cities, many of whom often do not have easy access to fresh food. To solve this problem, it is necessary to develop a new kind of agriculture that provides city residents with food security while also protecting the environment.
Appolloni, Elisa +1 more
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The Sprouting Farms: You Are What You Grow
Humanities, 2021 In 2017, the Singaporean government unveiled the Farm Transformation Map, a highly technology-driven initiative that intends to change its current, near-total dependence on imported food.
Jamie Wang
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GEOSPATIAL VALUATION OF URBAN FARMING IN IMPROVING CITIES RESILIENCE: A CASE OF MALANG CITY, INDONESIA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 Urban farming is recently acknowledged as a strategy with various services in improving cities resilience but facing cons such as land competition and rapid urbanization.
T. Atmaja +3 more
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THE IMPACT OF ROOFTOP FARMING ON REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS - A CASE STUDY OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN GREATER CAIRO, 2030 [PDF]
Journal of Environmental ScienceMajor cities such as those in Greater Cairo face environmental challenges caused by climate change and rising carbon emissions, which negatively affect air quality.
Marwa khalifa +3 more
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