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Integrated System Analysis
of Urban Vegetation
and Agriculture (URBAG)

Aims to determine to what degree green infrastructures can be a source of sustainable food, reduce environmental impacts, and promote a more efficient use of resources in urban regions.
Funded by the Horizon 2020 European Research Council from 2019 until 2025. The project is now finished and this website is no longer updated and will close in 2027. Please visit our research group Sostenipra (https://www.sostenipra.cat) or the Atmospheric Sciences Group website (https://webs.uab.cat/atmosphere/) where we have uploaded all the results from the URBAG project as well.

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News

New preprint: Pathways to circular and regenerative urban agriculture through stakeholder-informed approaches

13 February 2026

Title: Pathways to circular and regenerative urban agriculture through stakeholder-informed approaches. / Conventional agriculture typically relies on linear production systems that degrade soil and undermine sustainable resource management and climate change mitigation. Urban and peri-urban agriculture has the potential to shift from conventional approaches towards circular strategies that enhance soil health.

Press Review: The Voice of URBAG

5 February 2026

Throughout the URBAG project's journey, one of our proudest achievements has been the ability to reach audiences far beyond the scientific community. From in-depth newspaper interviews to lively radio discussions, the media interest in our work has been both humbling and encouraging.

New publication in “npj: urban sustainability”

27 January 2026

Title: Leveraging circular nutrients to improve the sustainability of peri-urban agriculture / Agriculture in the urban periphery (peri-UA) can potentially reduce its environmental impact through nutrient recovery from municipal solid and water waste, promoting local crops and displacing some dependency on imports.

URBAG Featured on CORDIS: A Spotlight on Integrated and Vulnerability-Focused Urban Greening

21 January 2026

We are thrilled to announce that the European Commission’s CORDIS service has published a feature article on the results of the URBAG project. The piece, titled "Prioritising integrated, vulnerability-focused urban greening," highlights the successful completion of our ERC-funded research and underscores our key findings regarding the complexities of Green Infrastructure (GI).

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