(269e) Sustainability Assessment of Alternate Urban Food Production Regime
AIChE Annual Meeting
2011
2011 Annual Meeting
Sustainable Engineering Forum
Water-Energy-Climate In a Sustainable Urban Environment
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 10:10am to 10:35am
We present a Life Cycle Assessment approach to evaluate the sustainability of alternative urban food production regime based on urban gardening. The study systematically evaluates the environmental impact of fresh vegetables grown in urban settings through sustainable agricultural practices. Conflicting, Interactions such as water requirements-soil organic carbon disturbance-environmental benefits would be systematically analyzed.