A5086328537- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Fashion and Cultural Textiles
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems
- Public Spaces through Art
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Latin American Urban Studies
Erasmus University Rotterdam
2023-2025
Delft University of Technology
2023-2025
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2018-2024
Summary Cities are rapidly growing and need to look for ways optimize resource consumption. Metropolises especially vulnerable in three main systems, often referred as the FEW (i.e., food, energy, water) nexus. In this context, urban rooftops underutilized areas that might be used production of these resources. We developed Roof Mosaic approach, which combines life cycle assessment with two rooftop guidelines, analyze technical feasibility environmental implications producing food harvesting...
The COVID-19 pandemic unveiled the fragility of food sovereignty in cities and confirmed close connection urban dwellers have with food. Although was not responsible for a systemic failure, it suggested how citizens would accept indeed support transition toward more localized production systems. As this attitudinal shift is aligned sustainability literature, work aims to explore tools actions needed policy framework transformation that recognizes multiple benefits systems, while considering...
The inclusion of the informal recycling sector (IRS) in a circular economy (CE) is challenging and it gaining increasing attention by academic community an exponential yet fragmented way. In this narrative review, we demarcate direct indirect contributions IRS to various domains CE drawing knowledge from relevant literature. First, capture modi operandi different forms value chains into typology. We do so based on distinct foci policy approaches towards which have been adopted across...
The external resource dependency of urban areas results in the externalization environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Implementing food, energy water production systems on rooftops (roof mosaics) can potentially help cities become more self-sufficient but depends city's morphology. We studied supply potential impacts four roof mosaic scenarios for different forms Cerdanyola, a 58 thousand-inhabitant town metropolitan area Barcelona. combined spatial analysis rooftops, metabolism analysis,...
Abstract Purpose We evaluate methodological approaches of different methods that can offer social assessments product value chains. By analyzing both product-oriented life cycle assessment (S-LCA) and qualitative, organization-, project-oriented methods, we provide recommendations towards a clearer, harmonized method to better integrate the dimension into sustainability products. This could help make S-LCA more analogous environmental LCA (E-LCA) suitable for implementation in frameworks as...
Urban and building systems are awash with materials. The incorporation of green infrastructure such as integrated rooftop greenhouses (iRTGs) has the potential to contribute buildings' cities' circularity. However, its greater sophistication than conventional agriculture (CA) could lead a shift in environmental impacts. One key elements for greenhouse building-integrated (BIA) CA achieve high levels performance is their structural design, which largely impacts economic life-cycle costs (by...
The main objective of this study is to analyze the perceived barriers and opportunities with regard implementation urban agri-green roofs (UAGR) in cities. case was conducted Barcelona, a Mediterranean compact city. World Café method used work. Five categories were discussed (social, environmental, legal/administrative, technological/architectural, economic) by interdisciplinary stakeholders. A total 129 identified. identified as follows: lack information social cohesion regarding UAGR...
Abstract Purpose New environmental strategies are emerging for cities to become more self-sufficient, such as hydroponic crop production. The implementation of systems requires materials that usually originate in countries with low labour costs and other legal regulations. To what extent could these be shifting problems across the globe? answer this question, we performed a comprehensive social assessment various extended soilless used grow vegetables on urban roofs. Methods Three different...
Abstract With the latest IPCC report, dramatic global climate action must be taken immediately to limit warming 1.5 °C, or face more frequent and extreme weather events with catastrophic implications. Cities invest in resilience development; however, government policies are only effective if they supported by society which serve. As such, this study aims characterize social perception of development, particular implementation sustainable urban rooftop strategies, support policy makers enable...
Although the number of studies assessing textile sector is increasing, only a few focus on its waste management. This study aims to shed light current disposal practices and account for their environmental impact. To do so, combination citizen surveying quantitative tools, such as material flow analysis life cycle assessment, are used assess municipal in Catalonia 2020. The results show that approximately 10 % separately collected, while 90 landfilled/incinerated. Of textiles collected...
Housing estates, that is, mass social housing on middle- and high-rise apartment blocks, in urban areas are found all over the world with very similar constructive patterns a multiplicity of environmental socio-economic problems. In this regard, such optimal for implementation roof mosaic which involves applying combination farming, solar energy, harvesting rainwater systems (decentralized systems) unoccupied roofs. To design sustainable productive scenarios, we develop an integrated...
Abstract With the overall aim to design successful implementation strategies of food-energy-water production systems on urban roofs, we propose an integrated process that includes participatory processes and a multi-dimensional sustainability assessment environmental, social economic indicators. The proposed framework was applied typical housing estate in Metropolitan Area Barcelona made up 201 buildings 13,466 inhabitants characterized by high share low-income families. We assess several...
Cities face the challenges of supplying food and managing organic municipal solid waste (OMSW) sustainably amid increasing urbanization rates. Urban agriculture (UA) can help with this effort by producing local crops that are fertilized nutrients recovered from compost generated OMSW. This research aims to determine potential OMSW supply nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK) demand UA environmental benefits replacing mineral fertilizer a life cycle perspective. The Metropolitan Area Barcelona...
In the next 10 years, cities will house 60% of world's population, where in agro-urban frontier territories, mainly semiarid regions, problems associated with land use and water distribution arise. Therefore, a model growth that contemplates lowest resources must be proposed. The aim this study is to determine environmental impact agro-services territories regions three urban scenarios, linear circular systems. focused on Luján de Cuyo Mendoza, Argentina. Through life cycle assessment,...
Despite the number of studies assessing textile industry is increasing, only a few focus on its waste management. This study combines citizens surveying, and quantitative tools, material flow analysis life cycle assessment, to assess municipal generated in Catalonia 2020. The results show that about 10% separately collected, while 90% landfilled/incinerated. resulting emissions per tonne for separate unseparated collection are 212 kg CO2 eq 353 respectively. Emissions collected textiles...