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Vertical farming: Skyscraper sustainability?
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“these results align with previous studies performed by Al-Chalabi (2015), Molin and Martin (2018) and Wildeman (2020), where they concluded that the energy demand is the main contributor to impacts like CC, TA, and others.”
From The role of aeroponic container farms in sustainable food systems – The environmental credentials (2023) · cites this paper as Al-Chalabi (2015)
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“most of the studies refer to hydroponics as the main and sometimes only technique for growing food indoors (Al-Chalabi, 2015; Fischetti, 2008).”
From The role of aeroponic container farms in sustainable food systems – The environmental credentials (2023) · cites this paper as Al-Chalabi, 2015
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Technoeconomic evaluation of urban plant factories: the case of basil (Ocimum basilicum)
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The role of aeroponic container farms in sustainable food systems – The environmental credentials
Schmidt Rivera, X., Rodgers, B., Odanye, T., Jalil-Vega, F., & Farmer, J. (2023) · Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160420 · Cited by 38
Metadata
- Authors
- Al-Chalabi, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Al-Chalabi, Malek
- ORCID
- Al-Chalabi, Malek
- Venue
- Sustainable Cities and Society
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-11
- Volume
- 18
- Pages
- 74-77
- ISSN
- 2210-6707 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W939245967
- Cited by
- 253
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 4
- FWCI
- 10.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- Locations
- Sustainable Cities and Society (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Keywords
- vertical farming, urban agriculture, skyscrapers, building energy demand, renewable energy, carbon footprint, food supply chain, urban population growth, stakeholder perspectives, technology adoption barriers, sustainable food production
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