讲座垂直农业lecture 5 vertical farming复习版.pdfVIP

Lecture5:VerticalFarming

1.VerticalFarming的重要性definition：

InthefaceofPeakOil,climatechange,arisingpopulation,andfallingfishstocks,

whereandhowwillbegrowenoughfoodandotherorganicmaterial?Oneanswer

maybeverticalfarms.VerticalFarmingcanhelpustosavemorespacewhichis

closelyrelatedtothepopulationandfoodproblem.

2.VerticalFarmingDefinition：

Verticalfarmingiscultivatingplantoranimallifewithinaskyscrapergreenhouse

oronverticallyinclinedsurfaces.Itiscity-basedskyscrapers.Themodernideaof

verticalfarmingusestechniquessimilartoglasshouses,wherenaturalsunlight

canbeaugmentedwithartificiallighting.VerticalFarmingisusedtocultivatecrops

andraiseanimalswithincities,andthatwillpermitalevelofurbanagricultural

self-reliance.Thiswillallowfoodtobeproducedinfuturecitiesclosetowhere

mostpeopleactuallylive.Itusestransparentbuildingtomakelighttogothrough

inordertohelpcropsgrow.AkeyadvocateisDicksonDespommier–whobelieves

wecouldsoonbeproducingwheat,rice,corn,potatoes,chickensandfishincities.

同时Bioscience为其提供技术基础（照明，温度控制等）Theideaofaverticalfarmhas

existedatleastsincetheHangingGardensofBabylon(巴比伦空中花园.)

Bytheyear2050,nearly80%oftheearthspopulationwillresideinurbancenters.

Applyingthemostconservativeestimatestocurrentdemographictrends,the

humanpopulationwillincreasebyabout3billionpeopleduringtheinterim（过渡

时期）.Anestimated109hectaresofnewland(about20%morelandthanis

representedbythecountryofBrazi（巴西）l)willbeneededtogrowenoughfood

tofeedthem,iftraditionalfarmingpracticescontinueastheyarepracticedtoday.

Atpresent,throughouttheworld,over80%ofthelandthatissuitableforraising

cropsisinuse(sources:FAOanSA)（越来越多的人口，不够的耕地）

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