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Evaluating the effects of green roofs and green façade as an urban heat island adaptation strategy [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 The present study investigated the potential cooling effect of green roofs and green façades on a residential neighborhood in Athens during a typical summer day.
Tseliou Areti +3 more
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Green roofs – good regulatory practices with potential to be applied in Bulgaria and North Macedonia [PDF]
Silva Balcanica, 2021 Green roofs are used worldwide to mitigate the impacts of extensive urbanization, bringing benefits on social, economic, and environmental levels. In order to promote and facilitate the construction of green roofs by private investors, many countries ...
Mariam Bozhilova +3 more
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Two Green Roof Detention Models Applied in Two Green Roof Systems [PDF]
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2022 A two-stage physically-based detention model has been developed for green roof systems. Vertical flow in the substrate is represented by the Richards equation, and horizontal flow in the underlying drainage layer is modeled by the Saint Venant equation.
Zhangjie Peng +2 more
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Land, 2022 The global spread of green roofs is becoming increasingly important in the context of increasing urbanization and climate change as they provide multiple benefits, including urban heat island effect (UHI) mitigation, stormwater retention and urban flood ...
Siwei Chen, Zhonghua Gou
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Influence of blue-green roofs on surface and indoor temperatures over a building scale
Nature-Based Solutions, 2023 Blue-green roofs have been utilized and studied for their enhanced water storage capacity compared to conventional roofs or extensive green roofs. Nonetheless, research about the thermal effect of blue-green roofs is lacking. The goal of this research is
Dante Föllmi +3 more
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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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Do looks matter? A case study on extensive green roofs using discrete choice experiments [PDF]
, 2018 Extensive green roofs are a promising type of urban green that can play an important role in climate proofing and ultimately in the sustainability of our cities.
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POTENTIAL FOR URBAN GREENING WITH GREEN ROOFS: A WAY TOWARDS SMART CITIES [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 Cities are experiencing increased pressure on social, economic, and environmental sectors due to the rapid urbanisation and increasing risk owing to climate change affecting the urban environment.
M. Y. Joshi +4 more
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Methodology for the Design and Evaluation of Green Roofs in Egypt [PDF]
Port Said Engineering Research Journal, 2016 Green roofs have been gaining popularity in recent years, as an effective way to solve many environmental problems, many countries concerned with the application of green roofs in cities.
Mostafa El-Ahwal +3 more
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