Public green spaces provide essential benefits for people, especially in urban areas. The possibility to perform outdoor physical recreation, to appreciate the scenic quality of a landscape and to enjoy outdoor time with friends and family are only some among the multiple benefits that can be enjoyed in public green spaces.
This study aims to assess the technical and environmental feasibility of applying a struvite recovery and reuse strategy to meet the P requirements to fertilize the agricultural fields of an urban region.
As ecosystem services are becoming more and more important not least in urban planning, there is an urgent need to critically think about "Weaving notions of justice into urban ecosystem services research and practice".
Gara Villalba ha mantingut una conversa amb el mitjà digital TOT Barcelona parlant de l’impacte que està tenint el confinament en la contaminació atmosfèrica. La investigadora exposa com cap dels escenaris previstos de futur preveia reduccions de contaminació com les que estem vivint durant el confinament. Així, aquest escenari únic és una oportunitat d’aprenentatge que cal aprofitar.
We present the first results of a preliminary study aimed to model the air quality over the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (MAB) for July 2016. The WRF-Chem model is used at high resolution (3km) with a multi-layer canopy model using detailed information (urban morphology). The model results have been compared with the Xarxa de Vigilància i Previsió de la Contaminació Atmosfèrica (XVPCA).
Urban agriculture systems, such as rooftop greenhouses, are attractive alternatives for mitigating the impacts of the extensive food supply chains that currently feed cities. In this study, we study the opportunity that nutrient recirculation offers to improve the environmental performance of agricultural systems.
En el marc del programa Bojos per la Ciència de la Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera, l’Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) conjuntament amb el Departament d’Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental de la UAB impartirà el nou Bojos per la Terra.
This past weekend, 26 and 27th of October, the Sostenipra research group from ICTA-UAB which includes URBAG team members, along with the GROOF project took part in the Science fair “Festa de la Ciència” coordinated by the City of Barcelona.