Crimson Publishers-Civil Engineering Journal

 A Mini Review of Research on Urban Agricultural Potential at City Scale by Zhang Yukun in  Crimson publishers :  Advancements in Civil Engineering & Technology Introduction Go to Urban agriculture (UA) is food production, processing and distribution in or around cities, largely in response to the daily demand of consumers within cities, and frequently use and reuse natural resources and urban wastes [1]. UA contributes to the food security, health, livelihood, and environment which has been regarded as a solution to global problems such as land use shortage, and waste emissions emerging from the transport of non-local food [2]. As UA been practiced more all around the world, the potential contribution to local food systems is qualified by some research and it is proved that agriculture carried out both on vacant land and in tall buildings would create large food security for urban populations. Review Go to Goals and results of the research In terms of research purpos...

 Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus for Productive Community Design: Review and Prospect by Zhang Yukun in  Crimson publishers :  Advancements in Civil Engineering & Technology Abstract Go to In the context of the acute contradiction between supply and demand of resources, urban communities are faced with the difficult problem that how to achieve sustainability. The combination of productive city theory and food-energy-water nexus research provides a way to realize the sustainable design and development of communities. This paper reviews the development status of the two theories and puts forward suggestions and prospects for the research of productive community’s design based on FEW nexuses. Keywords:  Food-energy-water nexus; Productive city; Community design; Optimization tools; Resource system Introduction Go to The advancement of global urbanization and the increase in population have caused many problems such as food safety, energy depletion, ecological pollutio...