Green roofs are an effective nature-based solution to eco-environmental problems arising
from climate change and rapid urbanization because they provide multiple ecosystem …

The expansion of urbanization leads to increases in urban populations and manmade
constructions. Likewise, problems like changing local climates negatively affect urban heat …

The collection of research conducted over the past decade on urban heat islands and its
mitigation strategies reflects the new approaches of scientists, researchers, and government …

Facing the climate change is a common priority, due to ethical issues related to general
concept of sustainability and livable future for the next generations. Moreover, ethical aims …

Scientific research on the mitigation of the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon has been
growing, reflecting a new awareness from scientists, planning authorities, and governmental …

Rapid urbanization and an increasing number and duration of heat waves poses a need to
mitigate extremely high temperatures. One of the repeatedly suggested measures to …

Core Ideas To determine the water retention curve from inverse modeling, θ and ψ need to
be monitored. δ18O ratios contained information to inversely estimate soil hydraulic …

Non-rainfall events like dew or hoar frost formation are often neglected in the water budget,
because either assumed to be too small or their determination requires time consuming and …

Urban heat reduction by evaporative cooling from extensive green roofs is explored by
applying irrigation scenarios to green roofs located in different climate zones using a …

Green roofs provide a number of different urban ecosystem services (UESS), eg regulation
of microclimate, support of air quality improvement, or stormwater retention. To estimate the …