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Developing an Economic Estimation System for Vertical Farms (2019)
Book Chapter
Shao, Y., Heath, T., & Zhu, Y. (2019). Developing an Economic Estimation System for Vertical Farms. In I. R. Management Association (Ed.), Urban Agriculture and Food Systems: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (484-510). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8063-8.ch025

The concept of vertical farming is nearly twenty years old, however, there are only a few experimental prototypes despite its many advantages compared to conventional agriculture. Significantly, financial uncertainty has been identified as the larges... Read More about Developing an Economic Estimation System for Vertical Farms.

Examining three roles of urban “portals” in their relationship with “places” using social media photographs (2019)
Journal Article
Qian, X., & Heath, T. (2019). Examining three roles of urban “portals” in their relationship with “places” using social media photographs. Cities, 90, 207-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2019.02.011

Portals are the transition spaces between paths and places in an urban environment such as the entrance to a square from a connecting street. This paper aims to explore different forms of portals by considering their relationship with places. In doin... Read More about Examining three roles of urban “portals” in their relationship with “places” using social media photographs.