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Armando Silva-Afonso and Carla Pimentel-Rodrigues
The objective of this article is to deepen knowledge about the existing connections, at the level of urban environments, between energy, water, and nutrients (or food). Energy and basic resources?water and food?are closely interconnected, which is why th...
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Gricelda Herrera-Franco, Lady Bravo-Montero, Jhon Caicedo-Potosí and Paúl Carrión-Mero
The excessive use of energy from fossil fuels, which corresponds to population, industrialisation, and unsustainable economic growth, is the cause of carbon dioxide production and climate change. The Water?Energy?Food (WEF) nexus is an applicable concept...
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Arturs Kempelis, Inese Polaka, Andrejs Romanovs and Antons Patlins
Urban agriculture presents unique challenges, particularly in the context of microclimate monitoring, which is increasingly important in food production. This paper explores the application of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to forecast key sensor m...
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Yan Fu, Qingwen Qi, Lili Jiang and Yapeng Zhao
Accurately identifying the patterns of evolution in farmland plays an important role in optimizing farmland management. The aim of this study is to classify the evolution patterns of farmland in China and explore related mechanisms, providing a reference...
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Ramazan Çakmakçi, Mehmet Ali Salik and Songül Çakmakçi
Feeding the world depends on protecting our valuable ecosystems and biodiversity. Currently, increasing public awareness of the problems posed by the current industrialized food system has resulted in increased support for the creative market for economi...
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Zuxuan Song, Fangmei Liu, Wenbo Lv and Jianwu Yan
Exploring the transformation process of urban agricultural functions and its interaction with carbon effects based on regional differences is of great positive significance for achieving a low-carbon sustainable development of agriculture in metropolitan...
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Fabíola Pereira and Carlos Silva
The valorization of bio-waste as a resource for green energy production will be beneficial at a social, economic, and environmental level in different regions. The scope of this research is to develop the energetic valorization of the bio-waste fraction ...
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Yuyan Wang, Xi Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Hao Zhang, Bo Xiong and Xuepeng Shi
Population growth and urban expansion have led to increased demand for buildings. Optimizing the building façade design, using integrated photovoltaic (PV) shading and vertical farming (VF) can reduce building energy consumption while ensuring a partial ...
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Christos Mattas, Dimitris Karpouzos, Pantazis Georgiou and Theodoros Tsapanos
Dams are expensive technical constructions that ensure food production, sustain farmers? income, and cover a large percentage of urban water supply demands. However, the threat of a dam break flood, which can be extremely dangerous for the local society,...
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Roberto S. Velazquez-Gonzalez, Adrian L. Garcia-Garcia, Elsa Ventura-Zapata, Jose Dolores Oscar Barceinas-Sanchez and Julio C. Sosa-Savedra
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the world population will reach nine billion people in 2050, of which 75% will live in urban settlements. One of the biggest challenges will be meeting the demand for food, as farm...
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