i-RTgreenhouse, Green Walls, Urban Agriculture, Vetical Farm and Hi-Tech City Landscape for Sustainability
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2025 | Viewed by 970
Special Issue Editors
Interests: CFD simulation; closed greenhouse; automation and climate control; BES modeling and simulation
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2. ITS de los Reyes, Carretera Los Reyes-Jacona, Col. Libertad, Los Reyes de Salgado 60300, Mexico
Interests: greenhouse irrigation; environmental comfort; naturally ventilated greenhouse; landsloping greenhouse; relative humidity; thermal difference; tomato and pepper crop; Computational fluid dynamics; greenhouse heat requirements; heating degree day; greenhouse energy use
Interests: energy simulation; numerical simulation; BES simulation; biosystems simulation; greenhouse technology; energy management; agriculture 4.0; climate-smart agriculture; smart irrigation; irrigation and fertilization modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to current events such as the movement of populations to cities, the effect of extreme weather on open-field agricultural production, and the consumption of critical resources such as water and energy, technological concepts have been developed to reduce the impact of such events. Some of these concepts have achieved implementation, resulting in the development of technologies that enable the efficient use of resources not only in crop production, but in plant growth and the comfort of our living environment. Various techniques can be utilized to form a type of urban agriculture, including cultivation systems in urban areas and the efficient use of resources such as space, water, energy and O2 in plant growth; this would result in a reduction in polluting agents. The adaptation of green plants to walls and ceilings, floating or hanging gardens, vertical crops both indoors and outdoors, and rooftop greenhouses are concepts that have now proven to be viable when aiming to achieve technological development, create an economical and sustainable alternative for the production of low-growing crops, and urban development. Technological advances in water, mineral and gas fertilization, climate control, numerical modeling, control, artificial light, structural design, bioclimatic and the use of natural resources are currently the subject of scientific research that aims to develop alternative means of plant production, urban comfort and pollution reduction.
Dr. Jorge Flores-Velázquez
Dr. Cruz Ernesto Aguilar-Rodríguez
Dr. Edwin Andres Villagran Munar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- artificial light
- climate control
- hot spots
- urban gardener
- urban horticulture
- salads
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