Urban Vertical Farming as an Example of Nature-Based Solutions Supporting a Healthy Society Living in the Urban Environment

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The paper is interesting and the topic is relevant than ever

I kindly ask to the authors:

1. line 94 - after the word "agriculture” and before the word “Building” put a dot? (verify)
2. line 164: after the word “areas” the is a comma instead a dot? (verify)
3. Is it possible to exemplify the different vertical green systems: panel system, felt pocket and container system with drawings or images?
4. perhaps it is better to differentiate the horizontal roof systems from the vertical ones in two different chapters; they are two completely different solutions both in terms of technologies, benefits and costs
5. Have the factors shown in tables 1-5 been selected by the authors or also on the basis of the analysis of the case studies?
6. Is it possible to quantify some benefits? also referring to the results obtained from the case studies cited
7. in addition to the benefits, it would also be significant to include the costs or difficulties encountered in reality for the installation of green solutions e.g.: (building constraints, installation and management costs, etc.)

Author Response

Dear Reviewer 1

Thank you very much for the review, which has helped us to improve our paper. According to your’s suggestions we’ve changed:

1. line 94
2. line 164
3. Unfortunately we don’t have the possibility to to exemplify the different vertical green systems: panel system, felt pocket and container system with drawings, the images can be taken from external sources but unfortunately we don’t have the agreements for using them
4. We’ve  differentiated the horizontal roof systems from other vertical green systems in two different chapters
5. We’ve added the sentence that the factors shown in tables 1-5 been selected on the basis of the analysis of the case studies.
6. The benefits from urban verical farmin were distinguished in the chapter:  Addressing societal challenges by vertical greening, The impact of vertical greenery on life in cities and The role of vertical greenery in nature-based solutions in cities
7. Summarizing the beneits from urban vertical farming we’ve also mentioned about the  difficulties encountered in reality for the installation of green solutions such as building constraints, installation and management costs.

Reviewer 2 Report

Please see the attached file

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Dear Reviewer 2

Thank you very much for the review, which has helped us to improve our paper. According to your’s suggestions we’ve changed:

1. In the abtract we’ve added the main  findings
2. The paper in general is organized according to the scheme: Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion, but we’ve also included many descrirtive chapters that are very important for further anaysis and research. They create the background for the reserch part.
3. We’ve changed some errors according to your’s suggestions
4. We’ve  differentiated the horizontal roof systems from other vertical green systems in two different chapters
5. We’ve added the recommended publications to the description of the sate of the arts of the natural-based infrastructure
6. We’ve added to the conclusion the short description of the work
7. English was checked by the native speaker to moderate some mistakes.

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

1. line 94 - after the word "agriculture” and before the word “Building” put a dot? (verify) - NOW OK
2. line 164: after the word “areas” the is a comma instead a dot? (verify) -  - OK
3. Is it possible to exemplify the different vertical green systems: panel system, felt pocket and container system with drawings or images? - OK
4. perhaps it is better to differentiate the horizontal roof systems from the vertical ones in two different chapters; they are two completely different solutions both in terms of technologies, benefits and costs
5. Have the factors shown in tables 1-5 been selected by the authors or also on the basis of the analysis of the case studies? OK
6. Is it possible to quantify some benefits? also referring to the results obtained from the case studies cited - OK
7. in addition to the benefits, it would also be significant to include the costs or difficulties encountered in reality for the installation of green solutions e.g.: (building constraints, installation and management costs, etc.) - OK

Author Response

Thank you for your review.

Reviewer 2 Report

In my opinion, the manuscript can be accepted in the present form

Author Response

Thank you for your review.