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• 2021

  Assessing the environmental behavior of alternative fertigation methods in soilless systems: The case of Phaseolus vulgaris with struvite and rhizobia inoculation

  Arcas-Pilz, V., Rufí-Salís, M., Parada, F., Gabarrell, X. & Villalba, G., 20 May 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 770, 144744.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Fertilizers
  • Struvite
  • rhizobacterium
  • struvite
  • inoculation

• Combining LCA and circularity assessments in complex production systems: the case of urban agriculture

  Rufí-Salís, M., Petit-Boix, A., Villalba, G., Gabarrell, X. & Leipold, S., 1 Mar 2021, In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 166, 105359.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Urban Agriculture
  • Circularity
  • urban agriculture
  • Life Cycle Assessment
  • production system

• Environmental impact assessment of agro-services symbiosis in semiarid urban frontier territories. Case study of Mendoza (Argentina)

  Bonilla-Gámez, N., Toboso-Chavero, S., Parada, F. A., Civit, B., Arena, A. P., Rieradevall, J. & Gabarrell Durany, X., 20 Jun 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 774, 145682.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Environmental impact assessments
  • symbiosis
  • environmental impact assessment
  • Water
  • services

• Identification of inference fallacies in solid waste generation estimations of developing countries. A case-study in Panama

  Torrente Velasquez, J. M., Ripa, M., Chifari, R. & Giampietro, M., 1 May 2021, In: Waste Management. 126, p. 454-465

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

• Integration of enzymatic pretreatment and sludge co-digestion in biogas production from microalgae

  Avila, R., Carrero, E., Vicent, T. & Blánquez, P., 1 Apr 2021, In: Waste Management. 124, p. 254-263 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • biogas
  • digestion
  • methane
  • sludge
  • dose

• The energy metabolism of post-industrial economies. A framework to account for externalization across scales

  Ripa, M., Di Felice, L. J. & Giampietro, M., 1 Jan 2021, In: Energy. 214, 118943.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Metabolism
  • Energy Metabolism
  • Microscopes
  • Sustainable development
  • Personnel
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• The generation of marine litter in Mediterranean island beaches as an effect of tourism and its mitigation

  Grelaud, M. & Ziveri, P., 4 Mar 2021, 11 p.

  Research output: Other contribution
• 2020

  Advances towards circular economy policies in the EU: The new Ecodesign regulation of enterprise servers: The new Ecodesign regulation of enterprise servers

  Talens Peiró, L., Polverini, D., Ardente, F. & Mathieux, F., 1 Mar 2020, In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 154, p. 104426 104426.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • circular economy
  • Ecological Product Design
  • Circular Economy
  • Material Efficiency
  • regulation
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• A longitudinal literature review of life cycle costing applied to urban agriculture

  Peña, A. & Rovira-Val, M. R., 2 Jun 2020, In: International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 25, 8, p. 1418-1435 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • urban agriculture
  • literature review
  • life cycle
  • life cycle analysis
  • labor
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Analysis of urban agriculture solid waste in the frame of circular economy: Case study of tomato crop in integrated rooftop greenhouse

  Manríquez-Altamirano, A., Sierra-Pérez, J., Muñoz, P. & Gabarrell, X., 10 Sep 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 734, p. 139375 10 p., 139375.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • urban agriculture
  • circular economy
  • Solid wastes
  • Greenhouses
  • Crops
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• A snapshot of solid waste generation in the hospitality industry. The case of a five-star hotel on the island of Malta

  Camilleri-Fenech, M., Sola, J. O. I., Farreny, R. & Durany, X. G., 1 Jan 2020, In: Sustainable Production and Consumption. 21, p. 104-119 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • hospitality industry
  • Solid wastes
  • Hotels
  • Stars
  • solid waste
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Assessing the sustainability of contrasting land use scenarios through the Socioecological Integrated Analysis (SIA) of the metropolitan green infrastructure in Barcelona

  Padró, R., La Rota-Aguilera, M. J., Giocoli, A., Cirera, J., Coll, F., Pons, M., Pino, J., Pili, S., Serrano, T., Villalba, G. & Marull, J., Nov 2020, In: Landscape and Urban Planning. 203, 103905.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • sustainability
  • infrastructure
  • land use
  • urban development
  • transition
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Assessing the sustainability of urban eco-systems through Emergy-based circular economy indicators

  Santagata, R., Zucaro, A., Viglia, S., Ripa, M., Tian, X. & Ulgiati, S., 1 Feb 2020, In: Ecological Indicators. 109, 10 p., 105859.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Urban Ecosystem
  • emergy
  • circular economy
  • Emergy
  • urban ecosystem
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• A State-of-the-Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution

  Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Garteizgogeascoa, M., Basu, N., Brondizio, E. S., Cabeza, M., Martínez-Alier, J., McElwee, P. & Reyes-García, V., 1 May 2020, In: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 16, 3, p. 324-341 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • environmental pollution
  • state of the art
  • pollution
  • extractive industry
  • waste dumping
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• A waste lexicon to negotiate extended producer responsibility in free trade agreements

  Torrente-Velásquez, J. M., Ripa, M., Chifari, R., Bukkens, S. & Giampietro, M., May 2020, In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 156, 104711.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • free trade
  • Extended Producer Responsibility
  • lexicon
  • Free Trade Agreements
  • goods
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Biodiversity policy beyond economic growth

  Otero, I., Farrell, K. N., Pueyo, S., Kallis, G., Kehoe, L., Haberl, H., Plutzar, C., Hobson, P., García-Márquez, J., Rodríguez-Labajos, B., Martin, J. L., Erb, K. H., Schindler, S., Nielsen, J., Skorin, T., Settele, J., Essl, F., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Brotons, L., Rabitsch, W. & 2 others, Schneider, F. & Pe'er, G., 1 Jul 2020, In: Conservation Letters. 13, 4, e12713.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • economic development
  • economic growth
  • biodiversity
  • policy
  • biodiversity loss
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Bioelectrochemical systems for energy storage: A scaled-up power-to-gas approach

  Ceballos-Escalera, A., Molognoni, D., Bosch-Jimenez, P., Shahparasti, M., Bouchakour, S., Luna, A., Guisasola, A., Borràs, E. & Della Pirriera, M., 15 Feb 2020, In: Applied Energy. 260, 114138.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • energy storage
  • Energy storage
  • Gases
  • gas
  • Wastewater
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Biosurfactants from Waste: Structures and Interfacial Properties of Sophorolipids Produced from a Residual Oil Cake

  Jiménez-Peñalver, P., Koh, A., Gross, R., Gea, T. & Font, X., 1 Mar 2020, In: Journal of Surfactants and Detergents. 23, 2, p. 481-486 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Oils
  • oils
  • Surface tension
  • interfacial tension
  • oil slicks
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Can wastewater feed cities? Determining the feasibility and environmental burdens of struvite recovery and reuse for urban regions

  Rufí-Salís, M., Brunnhofer, N., Petit-Boix, A., Gabarrell, X., Guisasola, A. & Villalba, G., 1 Oct 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 737, p. 139783 9 p., 139783.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Struvite
  • struvite
  • environmental burden
  • urban region
  • Wastewater
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Examining the feasibility of the urban mining of hard disk drives

  Talens Peiró, L., Castro Girón, A. & Gabarrell i Durany, X., 1 Mar 2020, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 248, 119216.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Hard Disk Drive
  • Printed Circuit Board
  • Hard disk storage
  • Printed circuit boards
  • Disassembly
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Exploring nutrient recovery from hydroponics in urban agriculture: An environmental assessment

  Rufí-Salís, M., Calvo, M. J., Petit-Boix, A., Villalba, G. & Gabarrell, X., Apr 2020, In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 155, 104683.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Urban Agriculture
  • hydroponics
  • urban agriculture
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Nutrients
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• From elite folk science to the policy legend of the circular economy

  Giampietro, M. & Funtowicz, S. O., Jul 2020, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 109, p. 64-72 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • circular economy
  • elite
  • decoupling
  • science
  • economy
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Human Hair Biogenic Fiber as a Biosorbent of Multiple Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solutions

  Zhang, H., Carrillo-Navarrete, F. & Palet-Ballús, C., 2020, (Accepted in press) In: Journal of Natural Fibers.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Biosorption
  • Heavy metals
  • Heavy Metals
  • Metals
  • Fibers

• Identifying eco-efficient year-round crop combinations for rooftop greenhouse agriculture

  Rufí-Salís, M., Petit-Boix, A., Villalba, G., Ercilla-Montserrat, M., Sanjuan-Delmás, D., Parada, F., Arcas, V., Muñoz-Liesa, J. & Gabarrell, X., 1 Mar 2020, In: International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 25, 3, p. 564-576 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • crop
  • agriculture
  • vegetable
  • food supply
  • environmental performance
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Landfill reactions to society actions: The case of local and global air pollutants of Cerro Patacón in Panama

  Torrente-Velásquez, J. M., Giampietro, M., Ripa, M. & Chifari, R., 1 Mar 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 706, 135988.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Air Pollutants
  • Land fill
  • air pollutant
  • landfill
  • society
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Methodological framework for the implementation of circular economy in urban systems

  Sánchez Levoso, A., Gasol, C. M., Martínez-Blanco, J., Lehmann, M., Gabarrell Durany, X. & Gaya, R. F., 2020, In: Journal of Cleaner Production.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Post-COVID-19 tourism: perspectives for sustainable tourism in Brazil, USA and Spain

  Fontoura, L., Lusby, C. & Romagosa Casals, F., Dec 2020, In: Observatório de Inovação do Turismo - Revista Acadêmica. XIV, Especial, p. 16-28

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

• Recirculating water and nutrients in urban agriculture: An opportunity towards environmental sustainability and water use efficiency?

  Rufí-Salís, M., Petit-Boix, A., Villalba, G., Sanjuan-Delmás, D., Parada, F., Ercilla-Montserrat, M., Arcas-Pilz, V., Muñoz-Liesa, J., Rieradevall, J. & Gabarrell, X., 10 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 261, 121213.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Urban Agriculture
  • urban agriculture
  • Water Use
  • Nutrients
  • water use efficiency
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Robust information for effective municipal solid waste policies: Identifying behaviour of waste generation across spatial levels of organization

  Torrente-Velásquez, J. M., Chifari, R., Ripa, M. & Giampietro, M., 15 Feb 2020, In: Waste Management. 103, p. 208-217 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • municipal solid waste
  • policy
  • income
  • household
  • urban area
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The technique is never neutral. How methodological choices condition the generation of narratives for sustainability

  Saltelli, A., Benini, L., Funtowicz, S., Giampietro, M., Kaiser, M., Reinert, E. & van der Sluijs, J. P., Apr 2020, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 106, p. 87-98 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • sustainability
  • narrative
  • science
  • ethics
  • methodology
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Transcending unsustainable dichotomies in management: Lessons from Sustainability-Oriented Hybrid Organisations in Barcelona

  Hestad, D., Tàbara, J. D. & Thornton, T. F., 20 Jan 2020, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 244, 10 p., 118766.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Hybrid Organizations
  • Barcelona
  • Dichotomy
  • Sustainable development
  • sustainability
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Use of chemically treated human hair wastes for the removal of heavy metal ions from water

  Zhang, H., Carrillo-Navarrete, F., López-Mesas, M. & Palet, C., 1 May 2020, In: Water (Switzerland). 12, 5, 1263.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Biosorption
  • Heavy Ions
  • Hair Removal
  • Metal ions
  • Heavy ions
• 2019

  Agronomic and environmental assessment of a polyculture rooftop soilless urban home garden in a mediterranean city

  Boneta, A., Rufí-Salís, M., Ercilla-Montserrat, M., Gabarrell, X. & Rieradevall, J., 22 Mar 2019, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 10, p. 341 11 p., 341.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • home gardens
  • environmental assessment
  • vegetables
  • markets
  • gardens
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• A Life Cycle Assessment on the Dehairing of Rawhides: Chemical Treatment versus Enzymatic Recovery through Solid State Fermentation

  Catalán, E., Komilis, D. & Sánchez, A., 1 Apr 2019, In: Journal of Industrial Ecology. 23, 2, p. 361-373 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • life cycle assessment
  • chemical treatment
  • hair
  • solid state
  • fermentation
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• A Multi-criteria Decision Analysis of Co-substrate Selection to Improve Biowaste Composting: a Mathematical Model Applied to Colombia

  Soto-Paz, J., Oviedo-Ocaña, E. R., Manyoma, P. C., Gaviría-Cuevas, J. F., Marmolejo-Rebellón, L. F., Torres-Lozada, P., Sánchez, A. & Komilis, D., 15 Sep 2019, In: Environmental Processes. 6, 3, p. 673-694 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • Composting
  • decision analysis
  • Colombia
  • Decision theory
  • Decision Support Techniques
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• An alternative to market-oriented energy models: Nexus patterns across hierarchical levels

  Di Felice, L. J., Ripa, M. & Giampietro, M., 1 Mar 2019, In: Energy Policy. 126, p. 431-443

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • energy market
  • energy
  • consumption pattern
  • policy
  • pressing
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• A review on anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic wastes: Pretreatments and operational conditions

  Sayara, T. & Sánchez, A., 1 Nov 2019, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland). 9, 21, 23 p., 4655.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

  • Anaerobic digestion
  • pretreatment
  • biodegradability
  • Biodegradability
  • manures
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Carbon footprint of tourism in Barcelona

  Rico, A., Martínez-Blanco, J., Montlleó, M., Rodríguez, G., Tavares, N., Arias, A. & Oliver-Solà, J., 1 Feb 2019, In: Tourism Management. 70, p. 491-504

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • Carbon Footprint
  • Barcelona
  • Carbon footprint
  • carbon footprint
  • tourism
  31 Citations (Scopus)

• Co-composting of Green Waste Mixed with Unprocessed and Processed Food Waste: Influence on the Composting Process and Product Quality

  Oviedo-Ocaña, E. R., Dominguez, I., Komilis, D. & Sánchez, A., 15 Jan 2019, In: Waste and Biomass Valorization. 10, 1, p. 63-74 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • Processed foods
  • Composting
  • food waste
  • composting
  • product
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Communicating corporate social responsibility issues on Facebook’s corporate fanpages of Latin American companies

  Zeler, I. & Capriotti, P., 20 Sep 2019, In: El Profesional de la información. 28, 5, e280507.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Current developments in the production of fungal biological control agents by solid-state fermentation using organic solid waste

  Sala, A., Barrena, R., Artola, A. & Sánchez, A., 18 Apr 2019, In: Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 49, 8, p. 655-694 40 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research

  • biological control
  • Solid wastes
  • Biocontrol
  • Fermentation
  • solid state
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Ecological network analysis of growing tomatoes in an urban rooftop greenhouse

  Piezer, K., Petit-Boix, A., Sanjuan-Delmás, D., Briese, E., Celik, I., Rieradevall, J., Gabarrell, X., Josa, A. & Apul, D., 15 Feb 2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 651, Pt 1, p. 1495-1504 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • Lycopersicon esculentum
  • Agriculture
  • Life Cycle Stages
  • Industry
  • Renewable Energy
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Environmental impact of cellulase production from coffee husks by solid-state fermentation: A life-cycle assessment

  Catalán, E., Komilis, D. & Sánchez, A., 1 Oct 2019, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 233, p. 954-962 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • Cellulase
  • Coffee
  • Environmental Impact
  • Life Cycle Assessment
  • Fermentation
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Facts and figures from road testing the guidance on organizational life cycle assessment

  Forin, S., Martínez-Blanco, J. & Finkbeiner, M., 1 May 2019, In: International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 24, p. 866-880

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • life cycle
  • road
  • organization
  • data quality
  • United Nations Environment Program
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Global appropriation of resources causes high international material inequality – Growth is not the solution

  Schaffartzik, A., Duro, J. A. & Krausmann, F., 1 Sep 2019, In: Ecological Economics. 163, p. 9-19

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • Appropriation
  • Resources
  • resource
  • material
  • consumption
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Interaction Between Environmental Pollution and Respiratory Infections

  Rodríguez-Fernández, P., Prat-Aymerich, C. & Domínguez, J., 1 Jan 2019, In: Archivos de Bronconeumologia.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Introducing ergonomics requirements in the eco-design of energy-related products from users’ behaviour approach

  Sierra-Pérez, J., Boschmonart-Rives, J. & Oliver-Solà, J., 3 Jul 2019, In: Ergonomics. 62, p. 940-953

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • Ecodesign
  • Ergonomics
  • ergonomics
  • energy
  • product test
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Mapping circular economy activities in the European Union: Patterns of implementation and their correlates in small and medium-sized enterprises

  Katz-Gerro, T. & López Sintas, J., 1 May 2019, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 28, p. 485-496

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • small and medium-sized enterprise
  • circular economy
  • Circular Economy
  • European Union
  • Correlates
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• On the Circular Bioeconomy and Decoupling: Implications for Sustainable Growth

  Giampietro, M., 1 Aug 2019, In: Ecological Economics. 162, p. 143-156

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • sustainable growth
  • Decoupling
  • decoupling
  • Sustainable Growth
  • Economic Growth
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Optimization of Down-Stream for Cellulases Produced Under Solid-State Fermentation of Coffee Husk

  Marín, M., Artola, A. & Sánchez, A., 1 Oct 2019, In: Waste and Biomass Valorization. 10, 10, p. 2761-2772 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research

  • Coffee
  • coffee
  • Fermentation
  • solid state
  • fermentation
  10 Citations (Scopus)