Quantifying Evapotranspiration from Urban Green Roofs: A Comparison of Chamber Measurements with Commonly Used Predictive Methods

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (17) ◽  
pp. 10273-10281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel E. Marasco ◽  
Betsy N. Hunter ◽  
Patricia J. Culligan ◽  
Stuart R. Gaffin ◽  
Wade R. McGillis
Keyword(s):  
Green Roofs ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Predictive Methods ◽  
Chamber Measurements

scholarly journals Soil Microbial Assemblages Are Linked to Plant Community Composition and Contribute to Ecosystem Services on Urban Green Roofs

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica M. K. Hoch ◽  
Matthew E. Rhodes ◽  
Kaye L. Shek ◽  
Devin Dinwiddie ◽  
Terra C. Hiebert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Plant Community Composition ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Soil Microbial

Where Does the Public Stand on Urban Green Roofs?

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne S. McCampbell ◽  
Danielle Magaldi Dopman ◽  
Aisha Holder ◽  
Jaya T. Mathew ◽  
Kelly Zanetich
Keyword(s):  
Green Roofs ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
The Public

Research on Urban Green Roof Technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 312 ◽  
pp. 853-856
Author(s):  
Yang Wang ◽  
Yan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Green Roof ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Roof System ◽  
Urban Green

For the deteriorating urban ecological environment, the green roofs, as an important component of the urban landscape, play a positive and important role on constructing harmonious and natural urban environment. This article is focused on the analyses of the technical characteristics of green roof system and its structure, and also on the demonstration of the important effects of green roofs in areas such as energy-saving, emission reduction and eco-environment.

scholarly journals Interactive spatial planning of urban green infrastructure – Retrofitting green roofs where ecosystem services are most needed in Oslo

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 101314
Author(s):  
Zander S. Venter ◽  
David N. Barton ◽  
Laura Martinez-Izquierdo ◽  
Johannes Langemeyer ◽  
Francesc Baró ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Urban Green Infrastructure

scholarly journals A planning tool of urban greenroofs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Yick Ting Au
Keyword(s):  
Green Roof ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Storm Water ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
Soil Mixture ◽  
Roof System ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Roof Structure ◽  
Industrial Buildings

Current research does not integrate these benefits in the planning of green roof systems. The objective of this research is to develop a planning tool to evaluate storm water and energy benefits of a green roof structure. To demonstrate the planning tool, a case study of urban green roofs was conducted for three different building scenarios: residential, commercial and industrial buildings. Using the data collected at York University's green roof, the seasonal storm water and energy benefits in dollar values of each scenario were simulated. The study concluded that it is more important to select a proper soil mixture and type of plant when designing a green roof system. By understanding the stormwater and energy benefits, it is hoped that this research could accrue through the adoption of green roofs in Toronto as well as other Canadian cities.

scholarly journals Characterization of Urban Green Roofs’ Stormwater Runoff

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jieyun Chen ◽  
◽  
James Li ◽  
Barry J. Adams ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stormwater Runoff ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Urban Green

scholarly journals Urban green roofs promote metropolitan biodiversity: A comparative case study

2021 ◽  
pp. 108458
Author(s):  
E.I.F. Wooster ◽  
R. Fleck ◽  
F. Torpy ◽  
D. Ramp ◽  
P.J. Irga
Keyword(s):  
Green Roofs ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Urban Green

scholarly journals A Plant Sociological Procedure for the Ecological Design and Enhancement of Urban Green Infrastructure

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-60
Author(s):  
Chiara Catalano ◽  
Salvatore Pasta ◽  
Riccardo Guarino
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Restoration Ecology ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Ecological Design ◽  
Monitoring Networks ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Stellarietea Mediae ◽  
Urban Green Infrastructure

AbstractUrban green infrastructure could represent an important mean for environmental mitigation, if designed according to the principles of restoration ecology. Moreover, if suitably executed, managed and sized, they may be assimilated to meta-populations of natural habitats, deserving to be included in the biodiversity monitoring networks. In this chapter, we combined automatised and expert opinion-based procedures in order to select the vascular plant assemblages to populate different microhabitats (differing in terms of light and moisture) co-occurring on an existing green roof in Zurich (Switzerland). Our results lead to identify three main plant species groups, which prove to be the most suitable for the target roof. These guilds belong to mesoxeric perennial grasslands (Festuco-Brometea), nitrophilous ephemeral communities (Stellarietea mediae) and drought-tolerant pioneer species linked to nutrient-poor soils (Koelerio-Corynephoretea). Some ruderal and stress-tolerant species referred to the class Artemisietea vulgaris appear to fit well with local roof characteristics, too. Inspired by plant sociology, this method also considers conservation issues, analysing whether the plants selected through our procedure were characteristic of habitats of conservation interest according to Swiss and European laws and directives. Selecting plant species with different life cycles and life traits may lead to higher plant species richness, which in turn may improve the functional complexity and the ecosystem services provided by green roofs and green infrastructure in general.

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