Due to climate change, our resource depleation, population growth and further, our reliance on the world’s food production creates vulnerabilities and we need to find alternative agriculture methods. Commercial rooftop greenhouses are developing all around the world and to Stockholm this create an opportunity to produce food all year. The aim of this thesis was to explore the potentials of commercial rooftop greenhouse urban agriculture in the city of Stockholm. Three methods were combined consisting of a qualitative and quantitative approach. Four companies that practice urban agriculture was studied, Bee Urban, Coop, Grönska and Plantagon. The results indicated that 490 roofs had potential and where 114 among these were better suited for ...
The thesis takes into notice a rare case of integration of rooftop urban agriculture into sustainabl...
Just like in the rest of the world, the urban population in Sweden is increasing each year, which me...
Miljöproblemen vi som samhälle står inför berör oss alla då maten vi äter påverkas av miljön den pro...
Due to climate change, our resource depleation, population growth and further, our reliance on the w...
Issue: The majority of arable land that exists today is already occupied while the population around...
Green roofing has emerged as a viable option for developers and planners seeking to integrate ecosys...
Building greenhouses on rooftops in cities has several advantages. Shorter distance to consumers giv...
Urbanisation has increased the distance between the urban and the rural. Urban agriculture can be a ...
Within a project called “The sustainable greenhouse as a complement to buildings” financed by the De...
Swedish agriculture faces new challenges on an aggregated level, as well as for individual farms. Th...
Climate change and sustainability is discussed all over the world. In Sweden, as well as in many oth...
Idag hotas stadens träd av stundande sjukdomar och epidemier och det är osäkert vilka arter som komm...
By exploring different forms of urban cultivation and looking into future gains of sustainability, I...
In the year 1800, about 5 % of the world population lived in cities (World Wide Fund for Nature, 201...
In step with population growth and urbanization, a demand for more housing is created. Dueto new con...
The thesis takes into notice a rare case of integration of rooftop urban agriculture into sustainabl...
Just like in the rest of the world, the urban population in Sweden is increasing each year, which me...
Miljöproblemen vi som samhälle står inför berör oss alla då maten vi äter påverkas av miljön den pro...
Due to climate change, our resource depleation, population growth and further, our reliance on the w...
Issue: The majority of arable land that exists today is already occupied while the population around...
Green roofing has emerged as a viable option for developers and planners seeking to integrate ecosys...
Building greenhouses on rooftops in cities has several advantages. Shorter distance to consumers giv...
Urbanisation has increased the distance between the urban and the rural. Urban agriculture can be a ...
Within a project called “The sustainable greenhouse as a complement to buildings” financed by the De...
Swedish agriculture faces new challenges on an aggregated level, as well as for individual farms. Th...
Climate change and sustainability is discussed all over the world. In Sweden, as well as in many oth...
Idag hotas stadens träd av stundande sjukdomar och epidemier och det är osäkert vilka arter som komm...
By exploring different forms of urban cultivation and looking into future gains of sustainability, I...
In the year 1800, about 5 % of the world population lived in cities (World Wide Fund for Nature, 201...
In step with population growth and urbanization, a demand for more housing is created. Dueto new con...
The thesis takes into notice a rare case of integration of rooftop urban agriculture into sustainabl...
Just like in the rest of the world, the urban population in Sweden is increasing each year, which me...
Miljöproblemen vi som samhälle står inför berör oss alla då maten vi äter påverkas av miljön den pro...