Open AccessAdvantage of vertical farming over horizontal farming in achieving sustainable city, Baghdad city-commercial street case study
Author(s) -
Hajer Ismail Khalil,
Khalid Abdul Wahhab
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/745/1/012173
Subject(s) - agriculture , horizontal and vertical , sustainability , urban agriculture , business , context (archaeology) , sustainable agriculture , horizontal integration , environmental planning , integrated farming , environmental resource management , geography , natural resource economics , environmental science , economics , marketing , ecology , archaeology , geodesy , biology
The research deals with the concept of vertical Farming as one of the modern concepts that emerged with the sustainable cities trends, because of limited green areas, increasing population and the lack of necessary ingredients for horizontal urban agriculture (water-energy-land), and the use of land for more profitable purposes such as commercial, residential or administrative use. Thus, the research problem emerged for the cognitive need to explore the importance and advantage of vertical Farming over horizontal Farming and the possibilities of achieving sustainable cities. The hypothesis of the research states that vertical Farming in its various forms is an essential part of sustainable city components for its social, economic advantages in general and environmental advantages in particular. Therefore, the research aims to define the possibilities of vertical Farming as an essential component of the urban context, in addition to achieving sustainable cities, and the results of their application by default to achieve environmental sustainability at the urban level in the city of Baghdad within a commercial street.