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Cultivating Resilience with Rooftop Gardens in Urban Areas

, 2023
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BAKKALOĞLU, Açelya Çağla, ŞAHİN, Şükran   +1 more
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Plan effectiveness monitoring: Built heritage, Wellington City District Plan [PDF]

, 2005
The goal of this project has been to assess the effectiveness of the built heritage provisions in the Wellington City District Plan. To this end, sixty nine buildings were chosen from the Plan’s Heritage List: Buildings (a sample size of around 14 ...
Mason, Greg, McEwan, Ann
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Assessing the viability of hydroponics for low‐income farmers in South Africa's urban agriculture sector: An urban political ecology perspective

Urban Agriculture &Regional Food Systems, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2026.
Abstract Urban agriculture in densely populated areas is significantly constrained by space, leading to interest in vertical farming solutions like hydroponics. This study evaluates hydroponics’ viability in Cape Town's low‐income urban areas as a useful supplement to most research, which focuses on cities in the Global North.
Busisiwe Miya Noxolo, Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: Farming from the City Center To the Urban Fringe [PDF]

, 2003
Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: Farming from the City Center To the Urban Fringe is prepared by the Urban Agriculture Committee of the Community Food Security Coalition to raise awareness of the ways that urban ...
Alison Meares-Cohen, Anne Carter, Jac Smit, Joe Nasr, Katherine H. Brown, Martin Bailkey, Peter Mann, Terri Buchanan   +7 more
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Urban gardening in Dhaka: Practices, constraints, and impacts

Urban Agriculture &Regional Food Systems, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2026.
Abstract The production of fruits and vegetables by urban residents can enhance food security and provide various additional benefits, but empirical data to support these claims is limited. This study uses questionnaire‐based data from 1320 households in Dhaka, Bangladesh, including 1079 gardeners and 241 non‐gardeners, to examine urban gardening ...
Nusrat Akber, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Sandhya S. Kumar, Md. Nassir Uddin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban heat mitigation under realistic roof and land area constraints

Environmental Research Letters
To simulate realistic impact of rooftop-based heat mitigation strategies (HMS), we introduce a new capability in the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with the building effect parameterization urban physics module.
Harsh G Kamath, Tzu-Shun Lin, Naveen Sudharsan, Kwun Yip Fung, Andrea Zonato, Manmeet Singh, Cenlin He, Zong-Liang Yang, Marc Coudert, Dev Niyogi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spaces, Energy and Shared Resources: New Technologies for Promoting More Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Communities

Energies
Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) are central to Europe’s strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and advancing a sustainable, decentralized energy system.
Fabrizio Cumo, Elisa Pennacchia, Patrick Maurelli, Flavio Rosa, Claudia Zylka   +4 more
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The development of insect diversity and ecosystem complexity on green roofs: A review

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 1, Page 11-25, January 2026.
A classification system of different roof types is presented to improve consistency in green roof research. Landscape and green roof characteristics influence ecosystem development, but can be further explained by ecological concepts, like neutral and niche theory.
Eva F. Drukker, M. Eric Schranz, Louise E. M. Vet, Joris Voeten, Nina E. Fatouros, Casper W. Quist   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Novel Multifunctional Water Harvesting and Management System for Sustainable Agriculture in Humid Regions

Applied and Environmental Soil Science, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Sustainable agriculture on a global scale is threatened by water shortage and erratic rainfall, leading to lower crop yields, poor irrigation practices, and degradation of water resources. Conventional water management practices are often ineffective in ensuring a stable water delivery and protecting the soil against flood damage alike in areas with ...
MD Jiabul Hoque, Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Towhidul Islam, Nidhi Chaudhary   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

RESEARCH ON ORNAMENTAL PLANTS APPLIED TO ROOFTOP GARDENS

AIJ Journal of Technology and Design, 2010
Eighty ornamental plants, such as perennial plants, bulbous plants, and shrubs, were planted into the experimental rooftop garden made of the rain water storage type planting base, and the growth experiment was conducted. The selected species differed widely in their form characteristics and weatherability.
Daisuke TACHIBANA, Hitoshi WATANABE, Kei YAKUSHIJI, Kenji NAKAMURA, Takaharu YOSHIOKA   +4 more
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