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Measuring BVOC emissions released by tomato plants grown in a soilless integrated rooftop greenhouse

Stringari, Gaia; Villanueva, Joan; Appolloni, Elisa; Orsini, Francesco; Villalba, Gara; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier

OPEN ACCESS at Heliyon (2023) e23854 Urban design is currently promoting the inclusion of plants in buildings. However, plants emit biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs), […]

Mapping Roof Materials in Cities for Food, Water, and Energy Production: A Mediterranean Metropolitan Area Case Study

Zambrano-Prado, Perla; Josa, Alejandro; Rieradevall, Joan; Alamús, Ramon; Pérez, Fernando; Marchan, Juan; Gassó, Santiago; Gabarrell, Xavier

ACCESS at Journal of Urban Technology (2023) 30, 25-51 In recent years, rooftops have been used as productive spaces for local resource (e.g. food, water, […]

Revealing the management of municipal textile waste and citizen practices: The case of Catalonia

Morell-Delgado, Gemma; Talens Peiró, Laura; Toboso-Chavero, Susana

OPEN ACCESS at Science of The Total Environment (2024), 907, 168093 Although the number of studies assessing the textile sector is increasing, only a few focus […]

Predicting food waste in households with children: socio-economic and food-related behavior factors

Tonini, Pietro; Muñoz Odina, Pere; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier

OPEN ACCESS at Frontiers in Nutrition (2023), Volume 10 Introduction: The consumption phase accounts for approximately half of the food waste generated within the food system. […]

Literature review on the potential of urban waste for the fertilization of urban agriculture: A closer look at the metropolitan area of Barcelona

Arcas-Pilz, Verónica; Gabarrell, Xavier; Orsini, Francesco; Villalba, Gara

OPEN ACCESS at Science of The Total Environment (2023) Volume 905, 167193 Urban agriculture (UA) activities are increasing in popularity and importance due to greater food demands […]

Measuring the symbiotic performance of single entities within networks using an LCA approach

Arce Bastias, Fernando; Rodríguez, Paula Daniela; Arena, Alejandro Pablo; Talens Peiró, Laura

OPEN ACCESS at the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2023) 11, 5, 111023 This paper introduces the Symbiotic Performance Indicator, a novel indicator aiming to quantify […]

Blow-Up Sustainable Modular Houses for Slum Dwellers Amid Covid-19

Elhadidi, May; Mousa, Haidy; Tonini, Pietro

ACCESS at Mediterranean Architecture and the Green-Digital Transition (2023) pp 265–280, Part of the Innovative Renewable Energy book series (INREE) Slums form about 60% of housing worldwide, […]

An interdisciplinary framework for navigating social–climatic tipping points

Graham, Sonia; Wary, Melanie; Calcagni, Fulvia; Cisneros, Mercè; De Luca, Claudia; Gorostiza, Santiago; Hanserud, Ola Stedje; Kallis, Giorgos; Kotsila, Panagiota; Leipold, Sina; Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba; Partridge, Tristan; Petit-Boix, Anna; Schaffartzik, Anke; Shokry, Galia; Tirado-Herrero, Sergio; van den Bergh, Jeroen; Ziveri, Patrizia

OPEN ACCESS at People and Nature (2023) Plain language summary available here To effectively navigate out of the climate crisis, a new interdisciplinary approach is […]

Costa Rican consumer perceptions of gene-editing

Macall, Diego Maximiliano; Madrigal-Pana, Johnny; Smyth, Stuart J; Gatica Arias, Andrés

OPEN ACCESS at Heliyon (2023), 9:e19173 Costa Rica’s rice production, a large determinant of the country’s food security, is being negatively impacted by frequently increasing […]

A Process Model for Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Highly Entrepreneurial European Region

Maaßen, Carolin; Rovira, Rosa; Urbano, David

ACCESS at Journal of Social Entrepreneurship (2023) Sustainable entrepreneurship creates social and environmental wealth and offers solutions to pressing sustainability issues. However, there remain major gaps […]

Environmental and economic impacts of combining backfill materials for novel circular narrow trenches

Josa, Irene; Petit-Boix, Anna; Casanovas-Rubio, Maria del Mar; Pujadas, Pablo; de la Fuente, Albert

OPEN ACCESS at Journal of Environmental Management (2023) 341, 118020 Over the last few years, several policies and new technological solutions have targeted the construction […]

The potential of local food, energy, and water production systems on urban rooftops considering consumption patterns and urban morphology

Toboso-Chavero, Susana; Montealegre, Antonio Luis; García-Pérez, Sergio; Sierra-Pérez, Jorge; Muñoz-Liesa, Joan; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier; Villalba, Gara; Madrid-López, Cristina

OPEN ACCESS at Sustainable Cities and Society (2023), 95, 104599 The external resource dependency of urban areas results in the externalization of environmental and socioeconomic […]