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2023

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Engineering and Technology

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61
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11174
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2100
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41

Environmental Sciences

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63
Citations
11945
World Ranking
2523
National Ranking
59

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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Xavier Gabarrell is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields such as Plant Science, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work addresses key topics including Urban Agriculture and Sustainability, Urban Green Space and Health, Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Phosphorus and Nutrient Management, Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control, and Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Exploring nutrient recovery from hydroponics in urban agriculture: An environmental assessment (2020, Resources Conservation and Recycling)
  • Recirculating water and nutrients in urban agriculture: An opportunity towards environmental sustainability and water use efficiency? (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • Marine Microalgae Contribution to Sustainable Development (2021, Water)
  • Supplementary LED Interlighting Improves Yield and Precocity of Greenhouse Tomatoes in the Mediterranean (2020, Agronomy)
  • Analysis of urban agriculture solid waste in the frame of circular economy: Case study of tomato crop in integrated rooftop greenhouse (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

Gabarrell has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Gara Villalba, Francesco Orsini, Martí Rufí-Salís, Anna Petit-Boix, and Joan Rieradevall.

Their research has been published predominantly in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, Acta Horticulturae, Resources Conservation and Recycling, and the Journal of Cleaner Production.

In addition to journal publications, Xavier Gabarrell contributed to book publications, with one known work published by KTU leidykla "Technologija" eBooks titled THE VALUE OF BUILDING STRONG EUROPEAN RESEARCH COMMUNITIES. Lessons from ECIU SMART-ER in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Roof selection for rainwater harvesting: quantity and quality assessments in Spain.

    Ramon Farreny;Tito Morales-Pinzón;Tito Morales-Pinzón;Albert Guisasola;Carlota Tayà

  • Mechanism of textile metal dye biotransformation by Trametes versicolor.

    P. Blánquez;N Casas;Xavier Font;Xavier Gabarrell

  • Recovery of organic wastes in the Spanish wine industry. Technical, economic and environmental analyses of the composting process.

    Luz Ruggieri;Erasmo Cadena;Julia Martínez-Blanco;Carles M. Gasol

  • The use of life cycle assessment for the comparison of biowaste composting at home and full scale.

    Julia Martínez-Blanco;Joan Colón;Xavier Gabarrell;Xavier Font

  • Life cycle assessment of biogas upgrading technologies.

    Katherine Starr;Xavier Gabarrell;Gara Villalba;Laura Talens

  • Life cycle assessment of sunflower and rapeseed as energy crops under Chilean conditions

    Alfredo Iriarte;Alfredo Iriarte;Joan Rieradevall;Xavier Gabarrell

  • Environmental assessment of home composting

    Joan Colón;Julia Martínez-Blanco;Xavier Gabarrell;Adriana Artola

  • LCA of selective waste collection systems in dense urban areas

    Alfredo Iriarte;Xavier Gabarrell;Joan Rieradevall

  • Home composting versus industrial composting: influence of composting system on compost quality with focus on compost stability.

    Raquel Barrena;Xavier Font;Xavier Gabarrell;Antoni Sánchez

  • Life cycle assessment of a Brassica carinata bioenergy cropping system in southern Europe.

    Carles M. Gasol;Xavier Gabarrell;Assumpció Anton;Miquel Rigola

  • Environmental assessment of an urban water system

    Diogo Lemos;Ana Cláudia Dias;Xavier Gabarrell;Luís Arroja

  • LCA of poplar bioenergy system compared with Brassica carinata energy crop and natural gas in regional scenario

    Carles M. Gasol;Xavier Gabarrell;Assumpció Anton;Miquel Rigola

  • Cost-efficiency of rainwater harvesting strategies in dense Mediterranean neighbourhoods

    R. Farreny;X. Gabarrell;J. Rieradevall

  • Environmental analysis of rainwater harvesting infrastructures in diffuse and compact urban models of Mediterranean climate

    Sara Angrill;Ramon Farreny;Carles M. Gasol;Xavier Gabarrell

  • Material flow analysis adapted to an industrial area

    Cristina Sendra;Xavier Gabarrell;Teresa Vicent

  • Application of life cycle thinking towards sustainable cities : a review

    Anna Petit-Boix;Pere Llorach-Massana;David Sanjuan-Delmás;Jorge Sierra-Pérez;Jorge Sierra-Pérez

  • Environmental assessment of an integrated rooftop greenhouse for food production in cities

    David Sanjuan-Delmás;Pere Llorach-Massana;Ana Nadal;Mireia Ercilla-Montserrat

  • Modelling for economic cost and environmental analysis of rainwater harvesting systems

    Tito Morales-Pinzón;Tito Morales-Pinzón;Joan Rieradevall;Carles M. Gasol;Xavier Gabarrell

  • Environmental assessment of façade-building systems and thermal insulation materials for different climatic conditions

    Jorge Sierra-Pérez;Jorge Sierra-Pérez;Jesús Boschmonart-Rives;Xavier Gabarrell

  • Exergy analysis applied to biodiesel production

    Laura Talens;Gara Villalba;Xavier Gabarrell

Frequent Co-Authors

Joan Rieradevall
Joan Rieradevall Autonomous University of Barcelona
Carles M. Gasol
Carles M. Gasol Autonomous University of Barcelona
Sara González-García
Sara González-García University of Santiago de Compostela
Gumersindo Feijoo
Gumersindo Feijoo University of Santiago de Compostela
Xavier Font
Xavier Font Autonomous University of Barcelona
Teresa Vicent
Teresa Vicent Autonomous University of Barcelona
Antoni Sánchez
Antoni Sánchez Autonomous University of Barcelona
Maria Teresa Moreira
Maria Teresa Moreira University of Santiago de Compostela
Montserrat Sarrà
Montserrat Sarrà Autonomous University of Barcelona
Assumpció Antón
Assumpció Antón Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology

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