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Beyond Urban Agriculture

What is Integrated Green Infrastructure

Examples of Building-Integrated Vegetation

Global Projects

Initiatives, examples and references of building integrated vegetation and urban agriculture from around the world.

Projects

Ellen MacArthur: Cities and Circular Economy for Food
The Veolia Institute Review: Urban agriculture: another way to feed cities - Issue 20 (2019)
The phytoremediation of indoor air pollution: a review on the technology development from the potted plant through to functional green wall biofilters
Irga, P. J., et al. (2018). "The phytoremediation of indoor air pollution: a review on the technology development from the potted plant through to functional green wall biofilters." Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology 17(2): 395-415.
Towards practical indoor air phytoremediation: A review
Pettit, T., et al. (2018). "Towards practical indoor air phytoremediation: A review." Chemosphere 208: 960-974.
Sustainability Assessment of Urban Agriculture
Feola, G., et al. (2020). Sustainability Assessment of Urban Agriculture: 417-437
Urban agriculture of the future: an overview of sustainability aspects of food production in and on buildings
Specht, K., et al. (2014). "Urban agriculture of the future: an overview of sustainability aspects of food production in and on buildings." Agriculture and Human Values 31(1): 33-51.
Ecosystem Services of Urban Agriculture: Perceptions of Project Leaders, Stakeholders and the General Public
Sanyé-Mengual, E., et al. (2020). "Ecosystem Services of Urban Agriculture: Perceptions of Project Leaders, Stakeholders and the General Public." Sustainability 12(24): 10446.
How Can Innovation in Urban Agriculture Contribute
to Sustainability? A Characterization and Evaluation
Study from Five Western European Cities
Sanyé-Mengual, E., et al. (2019). "How Can Innovation in Urban Agriculture Contribute to Sustainability? A Characterization and Evaluation Study from Five Western European Cities." Sustainability 11(15): 4221.
Assessing motivations and perceptions of stakeholders in urban agriculture: a review and analytical framework
Di Fiore, G., et al. (2021). "Assessing motivations and perceptions of stakeholders in urban agriculture: a review and analytical framework." International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development: 1-17
Development of a simulation-based decision support workflow for the implementation of Building-Integrated Agriculture (BIA) in urban contexts
Benis, K., et al. (2017). "Development of a simulation-based decision support workflow for the implementation of Building-Integrated Agriculture (BIA) in urban contexts." Journal of Cleaner Production 147: 589-602.
Golden Pothos viability in engineered mixed bed growth media containing
ionic liquids for plant-based building air filtration systems
Aydogan, A., et al. (2020). "Golden Pothos viability in engineered mixed bed growth media containing ionic liquids for plant-based building air filtration systems." Rhizosphere 15: 100209.
Review of the effects of plants
on indoor environments
Aydogan, A. and R. Cerone (2020). "Review of the effects of plants on indoor environments." Indoor and Built Environment 30(4): 442-460.
Urban Foodprints (UF) – Establishing baseline
scenarios for the sustainability assessment
of high-yield urban agriculture
Cities Alive: Green Building Envelope
Cities Alive: Re-thinking Green Infrastructure
Crop Production for Advanced Life Support Systems - Observations From the Kennedy Space Center Breadboard Project
Agriculture for Space: People and Places Paving the Way
Wheeler, Raymond M.. "Agriculture for Space: People and Places Paving the Way: " Open Agriculture, vol. 2, no. 1, 2017, pp. 14-32. https://doi.org/10.1515/opag-2017-0002

Integrated Green Infrastructure

Selected Publications and Reports from participants

Ellen MacArthur: Cities and Circular Economy for Food
The Veolia Institute Review: Urban agriculture: another way to feed cities - Issue 20 (2019)
The phytoremediation of indoor air pollution: a review on the technology development from the potted plant through to functional green wall biofilters
Towards practical indoor air phytoremediation: A review
Sustainability Assessment of Urban Agriculture
Urban agriculture of the future: an overview of sustainability aspects of food production in and on buildings
Ecosystem Services of Urban Agriculture: Perceptions of Project Leaders, Stakeholders and the General Public
How Can Innovation in Urban Agriculture Contribute
to Sustainability? A Characterization and Evaluation
Study from Five Western European Cities
Assessing motivations and perceptions of stakeholders in urban agriculture: a review and analytical framework
Development of a simulation-based decision support workflow for the implementation of Building-Integrated Agriculture (BIA) in urban contexts
Golden Pothos viability in engineered mixed bed growth media containing
ionic liquids for plant-based building air filtration systems
Review of the effects of plants
on indoor environments
Urban Foodprints (UF) – Establishing baseline
scenarios for the sustainability assessment
of high-yield urban agriculture
Cities Alive: Green Building Envelope
Cities Alive: Re-thinking Green Infrastructure
Crop Production for Advanced Life Support Systems - Observations From the Kennedy Space Center Breadboard Project
Agriculture for Space: People and Places Paving the Way
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