CITYFOOD: Research Design for an International, Transdisciplinary Collaboration

Proksch, Gundula; Baganz, Daniela

doi:10.1080/24751448.2020.1705714

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“…Moreover, aquaponic systems have an important role in terms of providing food security [165,166] because they can be implemented regionally, offering the production of various vegetables, fruits, and aquatic animals near the consumers' homes [167]. Regional food production and local backyard production using aquaponics can support sustainability [168] by lowering food transportation and CO 2 contamination [159].…”

Section: Wastewater Use In Aquaponic Food Productionmentioning

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A Review of Sustainable Pillars and their Fulfillment in Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Aquaponic Production

Schoor,

Arenas-Salazar,

Torres-Pacheco

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Focusing on new food production methods and sustainable pillars’ accomplishments has changed the definition of sustainable pillars themselves. Moreover, some general characteristics of the main pillars can be redefined in separate dimensions to better explain their positive sustainable impacts. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to redefine the sustainable pillars linked to food production and review the most important cultural and technological sustainability impacts they have, in addition to the three classic pillars: economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Cultural and technological sustainability are increasingly important complements to the traditional sustainability concept. Furthermore, new food production technologies and systems are influenced by ancient production methods, as well as by profitable crop selection. Traditional agricultural and aquaculture production in relation to more recent aquaponic production concepts are still a major part of global food security, but the better usage of waste materials or residues generates a more favorable agroecological impact. In conclusion, constantly redefining the sustainable pillars in the context of sustainable food production methods and proving the viability of their general production impacts is important.

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Section: Wastewater Use In Aquaponic Food Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of Sustainable Pillars and their Fulfillment in Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Aquaponic Production

Schoor,

Arenas-Salazar,

Torres-Pacheco

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…In most locations, aquaponic operations require an enclosure, in the form of either a greenhouse or an indoor grow space with electrical lighting, in order to be run yearround as controlled environment agriculture (CEA). In cities, greenhouses can be installed on rooftops, as long as the host building can provide enough structural capacity and indoor growing facilities can be located within existing warehouses (Proksch et al, 2019). Models of aquaponic operations (Goddek and Körner, 2019;Karimanzira et al, 2016) and their accompanying control mechanisms (Reyes Lastiri et al, 2018;Witzel et al, 2019) can be used (1) to parameterise a facility, (2) to determine productivity, resource use (input) and, waste generation (output), and (3) to best fit a facility into the urban context of a CC for future planning.…”

Section: Aquaponics As a Ce Entitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Site Resource Inventories – a Missing Link in the Circular City's Information Flow

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Abstract. A circular city builds upon the principles of circular economy, which key concepts of reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover lead to a coupling of resources: products and by-products of one production process become the input of another one, often in local vicinity. However, sources, types and available quantities of underutilised resources in cities are currently not well documented. Therefore, there is a missing link in the information flow of the circular city between potential users and site-specific data. To close this gap, this study introduces the concept of a site resource inventory in conjunction with a new information model that can manage the data needed for advancing the circular city. A core taxonomy of terms is established as the foundation for the information model: the circular economy is defined as a network of circular economy entities which are regarded as black boxes and connected by their material and energy inputs and outputs. This study proposes a site resource inventory, which is a collection of infrastructural and building-specific parameters that assess the suitability of urban sites for a specific circular economy entity. An information model is developed to manage the data that allows the entities to effectively organise the allocation and use of resources within the circular city and its material and energy flows. The application of this information model was demonstrated by comparing the demand and availability of required alternative resources (e.g. greywater) at a hypothetical site comprising a commercial aquaponic facility (synergistic coupling of fish and vegetables production) and a residential building. For the implementation of the information model a proposal is made which uses the publicly available geodata infrastructure of OpenStreetMap and adopts its tag system to operationalise the integration of circular economy data by introducing new tags. A site resource inventory has the potential to bring together information needs and it is thus intended to support companies when making their business location decisions or to support local authorities in the planning process.

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“…According to the pool of research in the Web of Science database, until 2010 there were less than 50 papers that cited aquaponics and from 2011 to 2021 (year-to-date) there were over 1500 papers. There are still many challenges which are faced in aquaponics, such as technical issues, access to resources and investments, and marketing [2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

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Making Aquaponics a Business: A Framework

Araujo¹,

Keesman²,

Goddek

2021

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Commercial aquaponics systems remain a challenge independent of the country, fish, plant species, or system design type. Most aquaponics systems are made by hobbyists, with aquaponics not being the main source of income. As such, scholars and practitioners have long debated the real profitability of aquaponics systems. With the growth of the aquaponics industry and commercial businesses, sustainable economic viability is necessary. Recently, considerable literature has been published around the theme of aquaponics systems design but there is a gap in the literature regarding the business aspect of this. Moreover, only by acquiring the enterprise knowledge of planning a business case, obtaining funds, and running and maintaining a business will this industry be able to grow. This paper intends to create a directory of possible considerations to plan for a viable commercial aquaponics system by uniting already established business frameworks and adapting them to the aquaponics industry. This framework proposes a guide to evaluate the economic feasibility of the enterprise depending on the revenues, costs and investments needed for the chosen system within its operations, market, and environment.

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CITYFOOD: Research Design for an International, Transdisciplinary Collaboration

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

A Review of Sustainable Pillars and their Fulfillment in Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Aquaponic Production

A Review of Sustainable Pillars and their Fulfillment in Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Aquaponic Production

Site Resource Inventories – a Missing Link in the Circular City's Information Flow

Making Aquaponics a Business: A Framework

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