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Green roofs as a tool for solving the rainwater runoff problem in the urbanized 21st century
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In this article, the authors analyzed the original measurements reported in 18 publications and derived empirical models to assess the surface runoff from various types of roofs, when roof characteristics and the annual or seasonal precipitation are given.About:
This article is published in Landscape and Urban Planning.The article was published on 2006-08-30. It has received 893 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Green roof & Urban runoff.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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Green Roofs as Urban Ecosystems: Ecological Structures, Functions, and Services
Erica Oberndorfer,Jeremy Lundholm,Brad Bass,Reid Coffman,Hitesh Doshi,Nigel Dunnett,S. Gaffin,Manfred Köhler,Karen K. Y. Liu,D. Bradley Rowe +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors emphasize the potential for improving green-roof function by understanding the interactions between its ecosystem elements, especially the relationships among growing media, soil biota, and vegetation.
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Green roof performance towards management of runoff water quantity and quality: A review
TL;DR: In this article, the role of green roofs in urban drainage considering both management of water quantity and quality is discussed, and the results from investigation of full scale installations as well as from laboratory models are reviewed.
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Green roofs; building energy savings and the potential for retrofit
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the current literature and highlighted the situations in which the greatest building energy savings can be made and found that older buildings with poor existing insulation are deemed to benefit most from a green roof as current building regulations require such high levels of insulation that green roofs are seen to hardly affect annual building energy consumption.
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Mitigating and adapting to climate change: Multi-functional and multi-scale assessment of green urban infrastructure
Matthias Demuzere,Kati Orru,Kati Orru,Oliver Heidrich,Eduardo Olazabal,Davide Geneletti,Hans Orru,Ajay Gajanan Bhave,Neha Mittal,Efren Feliu,Maija Faehnle +10 more
TL;DR: A framework of ecosystem services is suggested for systematizing the evidence on the provision of bio-physical benefits as well as social and psychological benefits that enable coping with or reducing the adverse effects of climate change.
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Applied Linear Statistical Models
TL;DR: Applied Linear Statistical Models 5e as discussed by the authors is the leading authoritative text and reference on statistical modeling, which includes brief introductory and review material, and then proceeds through regression and modeling for the first half, and through ANOVA and Experimental Design in the second half.
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Applied Linear Statistical Models
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Landscape change and the urbanization process in Europe
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a new concept of functional urban regions (FURs) for landscape ecologists to understand the change of traditional European cultural landscapes, which are highly dynamic, complex and multifunctional.
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Analysis of the green roof thermal properties and investigation of its energy performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the analysis of the thermal properties and energy performance of the green roof was carried out in two phases: during the first phase, extended surface and air temperature measurements were taken at the indoor and outdoor environment of the buildings where the green roofs had installed and during the second phase of the study, the thermal and energy saving were examined, through a mathematical approach.
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Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls
Nigel Dunnett,Noel Kingsbury +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe and illustrate the practical techniques required to design, implement and maintain a green roof or wall to the highest professional standards, and discuss different options for drainage layers and growing media, and list the plants suitable for different climates and environments.