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16 p, 1.2 MB Predicting willingness to pay and implement different rooftop strategies to characterize social perception of climate change mitigation and adaptation / Untereiner, Erin (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Toboso-Chavero, Susana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Vázquez Fariñas, Ana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei d'Estadística Aplicada) ; Madrid, Cristina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Villalba, Gara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
With the latest IPCC report, dramatic global climate action must be taken immediately to limit global warming to 1. 5 oC, or face more frequent and extreme weather events with catastrophic implications. [...]
2024 - 10.1088/2515-7620/ad1b65
Environmental research communications, Vol. 6 (January 2024) , art. 15004  
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13 p, 3.5 MB Measuring BVOC emissions released by tomato plants grown in a soilless integrated rooftop greenhouse / Stringari, Gaia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Villanueva, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Appolloni, Elisa (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Alimentari) ; Orsini, Francesco (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Alimentari) ; Villalba, Gara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
Urban design is currently promoting the inclusion of plants in buildings. However, plants emit biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs), which alone or in combination with other airborne molecules such as CO2, may result in a general increase in tropospheric pollution. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23854
Heliyon, Vol. 10, issue 1 (Jan. 2024) , art. e23854  
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11 p, 736.2 KB Predicting food waste in households with children : socio-economic and food-related behavior factors / Tonini, Pietro (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Muñoz Odina, Pere (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Introduction: The consumption phase accounts for approximately half of the food waste generated within the food system. Numerous studies have identified families with children as the primary contributors to food waste. [...]
2023 - 10.3389/fnut.2023.1249310
Frontiers in nutrition, Vol. 10 (October 2023) , art. 1249310  
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20 p, 6.1 MB Literature review on the potential of urban waste for the fertilization of urban agriculture : A closer look at the metropolitan area of Barcelona / Arcas Pilz, Verónica (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Orsini, Francesco (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Alimentari) ; Villalba, Gara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
Urban agriculture (UA) activities are increasing in popularity and importance due to greater food demands and reductions in agricultural land, also advocating for greater local food supply and security as well as the social and community cohesion perspective. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167193
Science of the total environment, Vol. 905 (December 2023) , art. 167193  
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14 p, 4.5 MB The potential of local food, energy, and water production systems on urban rooftops considering consumption patterns and urban morphology / Toboso-Chavero, Susana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Montealegre, Antonio Luis (Centro Universitario de la Defensa de Zaragoza) ; García-Pérez, Sergio (Universidad de Zaragoza. Departamento de Arquitectura) ; Sierra-Pérez, Jorge (Universidad de Zaragoza. Departamento de Ingeniería de Diseño y Fabricación) ; Muñoz-Liesa, Joan (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental) ; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Villalba, Gara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Madrid, Cristina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
The external resource dependency of urban areas results in the externalization of environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Implementing food, energy and water production systems on urban rooftops (roof mosaics) can potentially help cities become more self-sufficient but depends on the city's urban morphology. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.scs.2023.104599
Sustainable Cities and Society, Vol. 95 (August 2023) , art. 104599  
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12 p, 1.2 MB Winter Greenhouse Tomato Cultivation : Matching Leaf Pruning and Supplementary Lighting for Improved Yield and Precocity / Appolloni, Elisa (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Alimentari) ; Paucek, Ivan (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Alimentari) ; Pennisi, Giuseppina (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Alimentari) ; Manfrini, Luigi (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Alimentari) ; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Prosdocimi Gianquinto, Giorgio (University of Bologna. Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences) ; Orsini, Francesco (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Alimentari) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental
Solar radiation entering a high-wire tomato greenhouse is mostly intercepted by the top of the crop canopy, while the role of lower leaves diminishes with age, turning them into sink organs rather than sources. [...]
2023 - 10.3390/agronomy13030671
Agronomy, Vol. 13, Issue 3 (February 2023) , art. 671  
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9 p, 2.7 MB Assessment of greenhouse emissions of the green bean through the static enclosure technique / Stringari, Gaia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Villanueva, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Rosell Melé, Antoni (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Moraleda-Cibrián, Nuria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Orsini, Francesco (Università di Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Alimentari) ; Villalba, Gara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Urban green installations are extensively promoted to increase sustainable and accessible food production and simultaneously improve the environmental performance and liveability of city buildings. In addition to the multiple benefits of plant retrofitting, these installations may lead to a consistent increase in biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) in the urban environment, especially indoors. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162319
Science of the total environment, Vol. 874 (May 2023) , art. 162319  
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10 p, 692.8 KB Economic benefit and social impact derived by a food loss prevention strategy in the vegetable sector : A spatial and temporal analysis at the regional level / Tonini, Pietro (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Muñoz Odina, Pere (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Orsini, Francesco (Università di Bologna) ; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Introduction: Reduction of food loss in the horticultural sector is critical to simultaneously support the transition toward a diet with higher consumption of vegetables and the achievement of policy goals aimed at halving the quantity of wastage by 2030. [...]
2022 - 10.3389/fsufs.2022.1043591
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol. 6 (December 2022) , art. 1043591  
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20 p, 779.9 KB The Role of Informal Waste Management in Urban Metabolism : A Review of Eight Latin American Countries / Espinosa-Aquino, Beatriz (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Quirós Vargas, Roberto (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Social and spatial segregation structures in Latin America are perceived as processes for the selective concentration of social or demographic groups in geographic sectors of the city. This voluntary or forced segregation creates poor, wealthy, and marginal areas, leading to the territory's marginalization and fragmentation, destroying the symbolic and territorial urban continuity. [...]
2023 - 10.3390/su15031826
Sustainability, Vol. 15, Issue 3 (January 2023) , art. 1826  
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24 p, 2.4 MB Marine microalgae contribution to sustainable development / Merlo, Simone (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Pedroso Tonon, Angela (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Rossi, Sergio (Università del Salento. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali)
The burning of fossil fuels is an unsustainable activity, which is leading to an increase in greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions and related global warming. Among sustainable energy sources, microalgae represent a promising alternative to fossil fuel and contribute to the achievement of important Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). [...]
2021 - 10.3390/w13101373
Water, Vol. 13, Issue 10 (May 2021) , art. 1373  

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