Green roofs and pollinators, useful green spots for some wild bee species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), but not so much for hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Urbanisation has become one of the major anthropogenic drivers behind insect decline in abundance, biomass and species richness over the past decades. As a result, bees and other pollinators' natural habitats are reduced and degraded.
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Which Plant Species for Green Roofs in the Mediterranean Environment? [PDF]
Plants (Basel), 2023 In recent years, owing to intense urbanization and global change with the consequent extreme climate effects, interest in green roofs, even extensive ones, in the Mediterranean environment has increased.
Leotta L, Toscano S, Romano D.
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Sustainable green roofs: a comprehensive review of influential factors. [PDF]
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2022 Green roofs have gained much attention as a modern roofing surface due to their potential to deliver many environmental and social benefits. Studies have indicated that different GR designs deliver different ecosystem services, and there are important ...
Shahmohammad M +5 more
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Green Roofs Towards Circular and Resilient Cities. [PDF]
Circ Econ Sustain, 2021 Green roofs are gaining interest as nature-based solutions (NBS) to counteract with several environmental and socio-economic problems associated to urban sprawl and climate change. The challenge is to transform the built environment through the inclusion
Calheiros CSC, Stefanakis AI.
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Urban green roofs provide habitat for migrating and breeding birds and their arthropod prey. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The world is rapidly urbanizing, and many previously biodiverse areas are now mostly composed of impervious surface. This loss of natural habitat causes local bird communities to become dominated by urban dweller and urban utilizer species and reduces ...
Dustin R Partridge, J Alan Clark
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Multilayer blue-green roofs as nature-based solutions for water and thermal insulation management
Hydrology Research, 2022 Green roofs have been widely recognized as sustainable nature-based solutions to mitigate floods in urban areas, which, in the last decades, are increasing due to the combination of intense worldwide urbanization and climate change.
Elena Cristiano +17 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Installing green roofs and green walls in urban areas is suggested to supply multiple ecosystem services of benefit to human health and well-being. In a three-step literature review, we examined current knowledge on the link between public health and ...
Åsa Ode Sang +2 more
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Digging the New York City Skyline: soil fungal communities in green roofs and city parks. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 In urban environments, green roofs provide a number of benefits, including decreased urban heat island effects and reduced energy costs for buildings. However, little research has been done on the non-plant biota associated with green roofs, which likely
Krista L McGuire +14 more
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Microclimate effects and outdoor thermal comfort of green roof types in hot and dry climates: Modelling in the historic city of Yazd, Iran. [PDF]
PLoS ONEIn hot and arid climates, developing green roofs to improve the microclimate and thermal comfort faces challenges due to water scarcity and harsh climate conditions.
Zahra Karimian, Sara Mahdizadeh
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Ecology and Society, 2022 Green roofs provide multiple benefits including reducing the urban heat island effect, absorbing stormwater and air pollution, and serving as habitat for wildlife.
Michael L. Treglia +4 more
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