Urban foodprints (UF) - Establishing baseline scenarios for the sustainability assessment of high-yield urban agriculture

Allowing for significant water savings and year-round yields, Controlled-Environment Agriculture (CEA) is oftentimes portrayed as a sustainable alternative to conventional farming, and its practice in urban areas as a food, income and employment generator is expanding worldwide. Particularly in toda...

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Main Authors: Benis, Khadija (Author), Gashgari, R. (Author), Alsaati, A. (Author), Reinhart, Christoph (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: WITPRESS LTD, 2019-08-30T14:20:58Z.
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