INDUSTRIELLT EKOLOGISK STADSODLING
EN KVALITATIV STUDIE SOM UNDERLAG FÖR EN STADSODLINGSREVOLUTION I STOCKHOLM
Rooted in Industrial Ecology (IE) theory, this report evaluates how urban agricultural concepts and techniques, can contribute to improved ecological sustainability within the inner city boundaries of Stockholm. An overarching literary study as well as an interview was carried out, resulting in a qualitative analysis followed by suggestions for practical implementations. A substantial convergence was found between the eco-restructuring objectives of IE and the principal motives for urban agriculture. Consequently, eco-restructuring objectives are found in varying degrees in the presented urban agricultural techniques. Industrial symbioses, permaculture and combinations of urban agricultural techniques are tools which are capable of corresponding adequately to the diversity of urban settings. Prominent occurrences of eco-restructuring objectives and provisioning of ecosystem services motivated, for instance; green walls on Hornsgatan, aquaponics on allotments, waste heat-utilizing rooftop gardens, as well as vertical farming in suitable eco-industrial symbioses.