Urban Agriculture: Tarcisio Battochio

This project focuses on implementing urban agriculture within the Salesian Polytechnic University campus in Cuenca, combining vegetable planting techniques with landscape gardening principles to create a diverse horticultural architecture. The methodology involves a literature review on urban agriculture and grouping plant species (brassicas, composites, umbellifers, liliaceae, etc.) according to established cultural techniques. A crucial component of the project is the application of universal methods to measure pollution generated by vehicular combustion within the university premises. Collected data will undergo statistical analysis to evaluate the impact of pollution. The project addresses the need to integrate sustainable practices in urban settings, utilizing available spaces for fresh food production while simultaneously serving as a biological indicator for air quality monitoring, offering environmental and educational benefits.<br/><br/><b>Goal</b>: <br/>The main objective is to practice urban agriculture by planting vegetables in the gardens of the Salesian Polytechnic University, Cuenca campus, aiming to aesthetically diversify the space. Additionally, the goal is to utilize the harvested production to measure, analyze, and evaluate the level of environmental pollution, specifically that derived from vehicular traffic.<br/><br/><b>Research lines</b>: <br/>Ecology and management of natural resources