Assessing the environmental footprint and the water-energy-food nexus of aquaponics systems

Esther Sanyé-Mengual

Research centre in urban environment for agriculture and biodiversity (ResCUE-AB) Department of Agricultural Sciences (Dipsa) - Università di Bologna

PhD in Environmental Sciences and Technology (Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona (UAB), Spain). Currently, postdoc fellow at the Research centre in urban environment for agriculture and biodiversity (ResCUE-AB) of the Department of Agricultural Sciences (Dipsa) - Università di Bologna (Italy) through a Marie Sklodowska-Curie individual fellowship (H2020). The on-going Susturbanfoods project focuses on valuing the sustainability of urban food systems through an interdisciplinary framework integrating life cycle thinking, ecosystem services and participatory research. 

Abstract

Aquaponics is the production of vegetables and fish by integrating hydroponics (soil-less culture) and aquaculture through water recirculation. Among the deployment of urban agriculture (UA) in the developed world, aquaponics... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Esther Sanyé-Mengual (Research centre in urban environment for agriculture and biodiversity (ResCUE-AB) Department of Agricultural Sciences (Dipsa) - Università di Bologna)
  2. Rolf Morgernstern (Department of Agriculture, South-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences (SWUAS))
  3. Roberta Calone (Research centre in urban environment for agriculture and biodiversity (ResCUE-AB) Department of Agricultural Sciences (Dipsa) - Università di Bologna)
  4. Peter Dapprich (Department of Agriculture, South-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences (SWUAS))
  5. Wolf Lorleberg (Department of Agriculture, South-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences (SWUAS))
  6. Giuseppina Pennisi (Research centre in urban environment for agriculture and biodiversity (ResCUE-AB) Department of Agricultural Sciences (Dipsa) - Università di Bologna)
  7. Francesco Orsini (Research centre in urban environment for agriculture and biodiversity (ResCUE-AB) Department of Agricultural Sciences (Dipsa) - Università di Bologna)
  8. Giorgio Gianquinto (Research centre in urban environment for agriculture and biodiversity (ResCUE-AB) Department of Agricultural Sciences (Dipsa) - Università di Bologna)

Topic Areas

• Life cycle sustainability assessment , • Food, energy, water, and nutrient material flows and footprints , • Sustainable consumption and production

Session

TS-8 » Food-Energy-Water nexus 1 (11:30 - Tuesday, 27th June, Room E)

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