Farming in and on urban buildings: Present practice and specific novelties of zero-acreage farming (ZFarming)

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-54

  Thomaier, Susanne ^a   Specht, Kathrin ^b   Henckel, Dietrich ^a   Dierich, Axel ^c   Siebert, Rosemarie ^b   Freisinger, Ulf B ^d   Sawicka, Magdalena ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH PIK   (Germany)

^c Institute for Resources Management   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

building integrated; indoor farming; rooftop farming; rooftop greenhouse; sustainability; urban farming; urban innovation; Zero Acreage Farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922018949     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170514000143     Document Type: Article

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