Green roofs as a means of pollution abatement
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This discussion concentrates on how green roofs influence air pollution, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon sequestration, longevity of roofing membranes that result in fewer roofing materials in landfills, water quality of stormwater runoff, and noise pollution.About:
This article is published in Environmental Pollution.The article was published on 2011-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 518 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Green roof & Stormwater.read more
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Cooling the cities – A review of reflective and green roof mitigation technologies to fight heat island and improve comfort in urban environments
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the state of the art on both the above technologies, when applied in the city scale, and present the definition of the limits, the boundaries and the conditions under which the considered technologies reach their better performance in a synthetic way.
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Effectiveness of Low Impact Development Practices: Literature Review and Suggestions for Future Research
TL;DR: Low impact development (LID) is a land development strategy for managing stormwater at the source with decentralized micro-scale control measures as discussed by the authors, which has been successfully used to manage stormwater runoff, improve water quality, and protect the environment.
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State-of-the-art analysis of the environmental benefits of green roofs
TL;DR: In this article, a state-of-the-art review of green roofs emphasizing current implementations, technologies, and benefits is presented in order to show how green roofs may contribute to more sustainable buildings and cities.
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Air pollution abatement performances of green infrastructure in open road and built-up street canyon environments – A review
K.V. Abhijith,Prashant Kumar,John Gallagher,John Gallagher,Aonghus McNabola,Richard Baldauf,Francesco Pilla,Brian Broderick,Silvana Di Sabatino,Beatrice Pulvirenti +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined published literature on neighbourhood air quality modifications by green interventions and provided a better understanding of the interactions between vegetation and surrounding built-up environments and ascertain means of reducing local air pollution exposure using green infrastructure.
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Performance and implementation of low impact development - A review.
TL;DR: This review provides a summary of the knowledge of LID as a stormwater management technique and climate change mitigation measure as well as the current state of research and implementation of this topic.
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