VERTICAL FARM AS A SUSTAINABLE MODEL OF URBAN AGRICULTURE

Authors

  • Renata Priore Lima Priore Lima Universidade Paulista, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3761-1994
  • Lady Laura Soares Gundim Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59306/rgsa.v12e12023e18784

Keywords:

Food safety; urban sustainability; indoor agricultural production.

Abstract

The constant growth of the global population has revealed the demand for sustainable agricultural solutions to face the large-scale production of fresh food. This article investigates the benefits of implementing vertical farms as a sustainable model of food production in cities. In this study, we sought to understand the positive impacts of vertical farms implemented in consolidated urban areas, through the historical contextualization of vertical urban agriculture, the collection and analysis of scientific data that support the emergence of new agricultural production technologies in urban areas, and the identification of technical constraints that favor indoor cultivation. The methodology adopted includes the literature review and the analysis of a brazilian vertical farm placed in São Paulo/SP: the Pink Farms. The results point to the benefits of new methods of growth such as energy and land optimization, but also the ecological, social and landscape limitations of vertical farms.

Author Biographies

  • Renata Priore Lima Priore Lima, Universidade Paulista, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

    She holds a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2002), a master's degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of USP São Carlos and a PhD in Architecture and Urbanism from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia/UPC (2016). She has been a professor of the Architecture and Urbanism course at the Paulista University (UNIP) since 2004, where she teaches disciplines of architectural design, urbanism and landscaping, among others, and directs final degree projects.

  • Lady Laura Soares Gundim, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

    She holds a specialization in Landscape Architecture (2022) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and a degree in Architecture and Urbanism from Universidade Paulista (2020).

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Published

2023-03-30

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2023)

Section

Artigos

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How to Cite

VERTICAL FARM AS A SUSTAINABLE MODEL OF URBAN AGRICULTURE. (2023). Revista Gestão & Sustentabilidade Ambiental, 12(1), e18784. https://doi.org/10.59306/rgsa.v12e12023e18784

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