Green Rooftops

Book Chapter (2022)
Author(s)

M.K. Dang (TU Delft - Environmental & Climate Design)

Research Group
Environmental & Climate Design
Copyright
© 2022 M.K. Dang
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Publication Year
2022
Language
English
Copyright
© 2022 M.K. Dang
Research Group
Environmental & Climate Design
Pages (from-to)
158-161
ISBN (print)
978-958-5183-48-3
ISBN (electronic)
978-958-5183-49-0
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Abstract

Rio de Janeiro is an ever-changing and expanding city that is facing challenges interms of food security, urban sprawl, and the fragmentation of the green infrastructure. By mapping the surface area of the urban rooftop landscape and finding spatial synergies with the city’s socially and environmentally vulnerable areas, a case can be made in favor of implementing a rooftop agricultural infrastructure capable of meeting roughly 40%of the city’s yearly demands for vegetables.