Green façades are climbing plants grown either directly against, or on support structures
affixed to, external building walls. Like other forms of green infrastructure, they are …

Rapidly growing cities and human activities change the environment and are accompanied
by some drawbacks. Sustainable remedies are needed to protect the environment and the …

Warming associated with urban development will be exacerbated in future years by
temperature increases due to climate change. The strategic implementation of urban green …

Nature has provided humankind with food, fuel, and shelter throughout evolutionary history.
However, in contemporary cities, many natural landscapes have become degraded and …

Advocates of the green infrastructure (GI) concept claim it offers a progressive planning
approach that facilitates synergies between economic growth, environmental conservation …

Biomimicry, as a field of science, is mainly defined as a solution for design problems
inspired by natural models, systems, and elements. For the built environment, using nature …

Green infrastructures such as living walls are technological solutions to replace the declined
greenery at urbanized environment and also reliable applications for thermal regulation in …

In Australian cities, infill development and urban sprawl are leading to the loss of vegetation
and the ecosystem services that plants provide. As warming associated with urban …

Green walls are becoming a popular infrastructure choice in densely built urban
environments, due to their multiple benefits. However, high and vastly variable water …

Food gardens are an underdeveloped resource for teaching and research in Australian
universities. While some campuses have food or botanical gardens, outside the biological or …