An environmental and economic life cycle assessment of rooftop greenhouse (RTG) implementation in Barcelona, Spain. Assessing new forms of urban agriculture from the greenhouse structure to the final product level

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 350-366

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

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Building integrated agriculture; Industrial ecology; Local production; Rooftop farming; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARVEST; HORTICULTURE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; ROOFTOP GREENHOUSE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84961288053     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0836-9     Document Type: Article

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