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Leveraging blue spaces for public health: Co-creating a whole-system action plan. [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Health Pract (Oxf)
Smith N   +3 more
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Enabling Environments: Roof garden - Green oasis

Nursery World, 2009
A nursery in central London has turned garage roofs into a haven for wildlife, finds Annette Rawstrone.
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Green Roof Garden Concept for Smart Cities ‒ A Case Study

2019
The new alternatives for construction designs seek to offer more sustainable alternative concepts where the environment is integrated to generate comfort and well-being. The most innovative concept in the construction is where the options of a roof garden are integrated, as a new way of being sustainable in the buildings.
Carlos Alberto Ochoa   +1 more
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Impact of Roof Greening on the Ecological Environment of the Green Building, Exemplified by the Roof Garden of the Mingde Building in Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University

2018
With the rapid development of urbanization in China, ecological problems in cities are increasingly alarming. In order to test the ecological benefits of roof greening on reducing energy consumption, cooling, humidifying, and controlling rainwater runoff, this chapter takes a roof garden at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University as a case study.
Tingting Hong   +3 more
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The Innovation Model Research of Roof Garden of Green Building

2019
The green and low carbon is a development trend of the city in the future. One of the ways to realize the green low carbon is the construction of roof garden. The roof garden plays an important role in improving the local microclimate to realize the sustainable development, such as improving the effect of urban heat island, beautifying the environment,
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A comparative study on the thermal environment of green roof garden under black veil shading versus bare slab

5th International Conference on Responsive Manufacturing - Green Manufacturing (ICRM 2010), 2010
Green roof utilization is known as a means of urban heat island reduction and building energy saving. Another important function of the green roof is to serve as an alternative recreation and leisure area to the ground, especially in the densely populated urban areas where the open space is limited.
null Kuo-Tsang Huang   +3 more
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Rainwater Harvesting for Non-Potable Use in Gardens: A Comparison of Runoff Water Quality from Green vs. Traditional Roofs

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009, 2009
Sustainable stormwater management involves ensuring that site runoff not exceed the pre-development peak flow rate and volume, typically accomplished through the use of water retention, infiltration, and reuse onsite through rainwater harvesting. Certain roofing materials, however, may be a pollutant source, thus, influencing the runoff's potential for
Natasha Nicholson   +4 more
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