While living in the city is often frenetic and fast-paced, having a sanctuary to retreat to is, I think, essential. Here, Dima shares rooftop terrace ideas to transform any urban space.

A few years ago, Sarabeth Buckley, then a graduate student at BU, was researching urban rooftop gardening and farming supported by BU Sustainability, Tornatore said. In her 2020 study, Buckley ...

Five of their rooftop gardens are spread across San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. "We need to have a lot more urban farms, a lot more space dedicated to this," Fahrer said.

Rooftop PV may ‘unintentionally’ exacerbate urban heat New research from Hong Kong confirms that rooftop PV systems significantly contribute raise daytime temperatures in urban environments.

The Bloc’s rooftop urban farm will contain 18 different types of produce, such as heirloom tomatoes, kale, cucumbers and peppers, and 12 varieties of herbs and edible flowers. (The Bloc/Submitted) ...