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Ravintokasveja tuottava kattopuutarha vähittäiskaupan yhteyteen [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Opinnäytetyön idea lähti alkujaan liikkeelle Oulun seudun ammattikorkeakoulun Luonnonvara-alan yksikön opettaja Jaana Väisäsen ajatuksesta suunnitella kattoviljelmä vähittäiskaupan katolle. Opinnäytetyön tekijöiden oma kiinnostus ravintokasvien viljelyyn,
Pätsi, Petra, Vappula, Elisa
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Business Proposal for the New SUB Rooftop Garden

open access: yes, 2010
Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC.
Amundson, Benjamin   +9 more
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Considerations for plant selection in green roofs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
It is the vegetation layer that creates the living skin on the rooftop in green roofs, controls the long-term effect of any green roof installation and provides a naturally evolving and changing roofscape.
Arabi, Roozbeh   +4 more
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Seeding the City: Land Use Policies to Promote Urban Agriculture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Outlines the health, environmental, and economic benefits of urban agriculture; considerations for developing relevant land use policy; legal tools for preserving plots, and other laws.

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Architecture for civic agriculture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2010.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student
Pinney, Morgan Daniels
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Exploring the potential for urban food production on Sydney’s rooftops [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
There are environmental, economic and social benefits of retrofitting rooftops on city buildings for food production. Environmental benefits include lower carbon food miles, potential reductions in building related operational carbon emissions ...
Page, L, Wilkinson, SJ
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The effectiveness of nature-based solutions to address climate change in Dhaka, Bangladesh

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Humanities Open
Amid escalating climate change impacts, urban areas like Dhaka face heightened vulnerability to extreme weather, rising temperatures, urban heat island effects, and associated physical and psychological consequences.
Bushra Anjum   +2 more
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Community awareness of green roofs in Sydney [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
There are environmental, economic and social benefits of installing green roofs and walls on city buildings. The environmental benefits are lower building related operational carbon emissions, reductions in the urban heat island, increases in bio ...
Heller, A   +5 more
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The role and significance of roof top gardens towards sustainable urban development in Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Rooftop garden is a modification of modern landscape which has the potential to contribute towards sustainable urban development. Many studies have highlighted the role of rooftop garden as a tool to assist urban area to solve environmental issues ...
Hussin, Khadijah   +2 more
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Heat wave adaptation strategies among informal workers in an urban setting: A study in dhaka city, Bangladesh

open access: yesNatural Hazards Research
With the increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves globally, studying the adaptation strategies of informal workers, who constitute a significant and vulnerable segment of Dhaka's urban population, has become critical for understanding and ...
Sheikh Mohiuddin Shahrujjaman   +3 more
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