Techniques and crops for efficient rooftop gardens in Bologna, Italy

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1477-1488

  Sanyé Mengual, Esther ^a   Orsini, Francesco ^b   Oliver Solà, Jordi ^a   Rieradevall, Joan ^a   Montero, Juan Ignacio ^a,c   Gianquinto, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agronomy; Building integrated agriculture; Hydroponics; Life cycle assessment; Local food; Rooftop farming; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRONOMY; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROPONICS; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

BOLOGNA [BOLOGNA (PRV)]; BOLOGNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 84946057595     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-015-0331-0     Document Type: Article

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