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Social assessment of rooftop farming projects

Toboso-Chavero, S., Lioba Gansen, J.V., Francardo, F., Arcas-Pilz, V., Villalba, G., Gabarrell Durany, X.

ACCESS at Acta Horticulturae (2022) 1356, 127-156 Cities are growing rapidly, are responsible for large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions and have high food, water […]

Preliminary results on N2O emission factor calculation in hydroponic struvite fertilization of lettuce production

Arcas-Pilz, Verónica; Stringari, Gaia; Gonzalez, Ramiro; Villalba, Gara; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier

ACCESS at Acta Horticulturae (2022) 1356, 303-310 Recent work has revealed the great potential of struvite in hydroponic agriculture as well as the reduction of […]

How to make urban farming economically viable?

Appolloni, E., Pennisi, G., Tonini, P., Marcelis, L.F.M., Kusuma, P., Liu, Y., Balseca, V., Jijakli, H., Orsini, F., Monzini, J.

ACCESS at Acta Horticulturae (2022) 1356, 445-452 Urban farming, also called urban agriculture (UA), represents a promising solution to achieve some of the SDGs (sustainable […]

Potential volatile organic compounds emission in indoor urban farming: a case study

Stringari, Gaia; Moraleda, Núria; Rosell, Antoni; Rieradevall, Joan; Orsini, Francesco; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier

ACCESS at Acta Horticulturae (2022), 1356, pp. 117–125 A possible solution to cope with climate change and food insecurity is city greening, through extensive adoption […]

Guidelines to optimize covering and structural materials in rooftop-integrated greenhouses: an environmental assessment

Muñoz-Liesa, Joan; Cuerva, Eva; Gassó-Domingo, Santiago; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier; Nemecek, Thomas; Josa, Alejandro

ACCESS at Acta Horticulturae (2022), 1356, pp. 285–294 It is widely accepted that urban agriculture provides multiple benefits to society. Rooftop greenhouses are a form […]

The Environmental Impact of Textiles and Clothing: A Regional and a Country Approach

Crestani, Marco; Talens Peiró, Laura; Toboso-Chavero, Susana

ACCESS at Progress on Life Cycle Assessment in Textiles and Clothing (2023) pp 199–230. This chapter is part of the Textile Science and Clothing Technology […]

The Role of Life Cycle Assessment in Analyzing Circular Economy Strategies in the Clothing Sector: A Review

Lizarzaburu-Egüez, Lorena; Toboso-Chavero, Susana; Rufí-Salís, Martí

ACCESS at Progress on Life Cycle Assessment in Textiles and Clothing (2023) pp 83–118. This chapter is part of the Textile Science and Clothing Technology […]

Winter Greenhouse Tomato Cultivation: Matching Leaf Pruning and Supplementary Lighting for Improved Yield and Precocity

Appolloni, Elisa; Paucek, Ivan; Pennisi, Giuseppina; Manfrini, Luigi; Gabarrell, Xavier; Gianquinto, Giorgio; Orsini, Francesco

OPEN ACCESS at Agronomy (2023), 13(3), 671 Solar radiation entering a high-wire tomato greenhouse is mostly intercepted by the top of the crop canopy, while […]

Assessment of greenhouse emissions of the green bean through the static enclosure technique

Stringari, Gaia; Villanueva, Joan; Rosell-Melé, Antoni; Moraleda-Cibrián, Nuria; Orsini, Francesco; Villalba, Gara; Gabarrell, Xavier

ACCESS at Science of The Total Environment (2023), 162319 Urban green installations are extensively promoted to increase sustainable and accessible food production and simultaneously improve the […]

Displaying geographic variability of peri-urban agriculture environmental impacts in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona: A regionalized life cycle assessment

Mendoza Beltran, Angelica; Padró, Roc; La Rota-Aguilera, María José; Marull, Joan; Eckelman, Matthew; Cirera, Jacob; Giocoli, Annalisa; Villalba, Gara

OPEN ACCESS at Science of The Total Environment (2023) Volume 858, Part 1, 159519 Peri urban agriculture (peri-UA) can supply food locally and potentially more sustainably […]

A sustainability scoring system to assess food initiatives in city regions

Cirone, Francesco; Petruzzelli, Mara; De Menna, Fabio; Samoggia, Antonella; Buscaroli, Enrico; Durante, Emanuele; Orsini, Francesco; Rufí-Salís, Martí; Tonini, Pietro; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier; Graamans, Luuk; Fargue-Lelièvre, Agnès; Saint-Ges, Vèronique; Fox-Kämper, Runrid; Specht, Kathrin; Pascual-Fernández, José J; Vittuari, Matteo

ACCESS at Sustainable Production and Consumption (2023), 36, 88-99 The City Region Food Systems approach has been proposed to achieve food system resilience and nutrition security while […]

Lessons, narratives, and research directions for a sustainable circular economy

Leipold, Sina; Petit-Boix, Anna; Luo, Anran; Helander, Hanna; Simoens, Machteld; Ashton, Weslynne S; Babbitt, Callie W; Bala, Alba; Bening, Catharina R; Birkved, Morten; Blomsma, Fenna; Boks, Casper; Boldrin, Alessio; Deutz, Pauline; Domenech, Teresa; Ferronato, Navarro; Gallego-Schmid, Alejandro; Giurco, Damien; Hobson, Kersty; Husgafvel, Roope; Isenhour, Cynthia; Kriipsalu, Mait; Masi, Donato; Mendoza, Joan Manuel F; Milios, Leonidas; Niero, Monia; Pant, Deepak; Parajuly, Keshav; Pauliuk, Stefan; Pieroni, Marina PP; Luth Richter, Jessika; Saidani, Michael; Smol, Marzena; Talens Peiró, Laura; van Ewijk, Stijn; Vermeulen, Walter JV; Wiedenhofer, Dominik; Xue Bing

OPEN ACCESS at Journal of Industrial Ecology (2023) The current enthusiasm for the circular economy (CE) offers a unique opportunity to advance the impact of […]