Agenda 21 Mega-Cities Will Require Vertical Farming to Maximize Urban Space
Editorialele editiei, English section, Stiinta | 14 ianuarie 2013 | Aciduzzul
Susanne Posel
In 2050, the UN Population Division says that, after 80% of the population of America has been moved into the Agenda 21 mega-cities, there will be a need to construct vertical farms in order to feed the urbanized residents. Yale researchers assert that in America “78 percent of the population already lives in urban or suburban areas, urban land cover is expected to double by 2030” and with infrastructure investments, current urbanization rates are unsustainable. By eliminating the necessity of trucking food across the country, and growing food in the urbanized centers, the sprawl can be replaced with “greenhouses”. On rollers, and placed upon triangular buildings constructed in Sweden, citeste si comenteaza …















