1. Building Integrated Agriculture: Utilising Rooftops for Sustainable Food Crop Cultivation in Singapore
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Lim Yinghui Astee and Nirmal Kishnani
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education.field_of_study ,Environmental Engineering ,Food security ,Public housing ,Natural resource economics ,Integrated farming ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Population ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Building-integrated agriculture ,Building and Construction ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Environmental protection ,Urbanization ,Architecture ,Sustainable agriculture ,Carbon footprint ,Business ,education ,General Environmental Science ,Civil and Structural Engineering ,Nature and Landscape Conservation - Abstract
Burgeoning population and rapid urbanisation have contributed to two challenges facing cities today: food security and an increasing carbon footprint due to food imports. This paper examines the viability of rooftop farming in urban centres in Asia. A context-specific exploration—sited in Singapore—looks at the challenges of building integrated agriculture. Findings suggest that Singapore's public housing estates are suitable for rooftop farming. Implemented nationwide, such a scheme could result in a 700% increase in domestic vegetable production, satisfying domestic demand by 35.5%. Reducing food imports would also decrease Singapore's carbon footprint by 9,052 tonnes of emissions annually.
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- 2010
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