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URBAG – Integrated Systems Analysis of Urban Vegetation and Agriculture
Funded by the Horizon 2020 European Research Council and hosted by ICTA-UAB (2019-2025).
Urban and peri-urban agriculture is currently experiencing rapid growth. This covers a variety of forms, such as vertical farming, greenhouse rooftops, local foodsheds, which together with green spaces like parks and green roofs, are referred to as green infrastructure. It potentially makes cities more resilient to climate change and more sustainable in terms of water management, food production, air quality, human well-being and biodiversity. URBAG has examined if and how green infrastructure can be effective in contributing to sustainability in the aforementioned sense to maximize positive effects.
NUTRISOIL- Healthy Soil for Urban Agriculture through Nutrient and Carbon Circularity
A proof-of-concept project framed within the ERC Consolidator project URBAG, funded by Horizon Europe and led by ICTA-UAB (January 2024 – June 2025).
The goal of NUTRISOIL is to facilitate the transition for urban areas to expand their urban agriculture through resource circularity by re-establishing and preserving urban soil organic matter.
Biogeotrace Lab
Research in biogeochemistry, trace gas and energy fluxes at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.