[HTML][HTML] Green roofs as a nature-based solution for improving urban sustainability: Progress and perspectives

G Mihalakakou, M Souliotis, M Papadaki… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Green roofs are artificial ecosystems that provide a nature-based solution to environmental
challenges such as climate change and the urban heat island. Green roofs aid in the …

Towards green roof implementation: Drivers, motivations, barriers and recommendations

G Zhang, BJ He - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2021 - Elsevier
The environmental challenges in cities urge people to explore feasible strategies for
resilient, sustainable, healthy and livable built environments, of which designing and …

Green infrastructure and public policies: An international review of green roofs and green walls incentives

T Liberalesso, CO Cruz, CM Silva, M Manso - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Worldwide, green infrastructure is increasingly used to mitigate the impacts of dense urban
areas, contributing towards the naturalization of the built environment. However, for …

Planning for cooler cities: A framework to prioritise green infrastructure to mitigate high temperatures in urban landscapes

BA Norton, AM Coutts, SJ Livesley, RJ Harris… - Landscape and urban …, 2015 - Elsevier
Warming associated with urban development will be exacerbated in future years by
temperature increases due to climate change. The strategic implementation of urban green …

Creating urban green infrastructure where it is needed–A spatial ecosystem service-based decision analysis of green roofs in Barcelona

J Langemeyer, D Wedgwood, T McPhearson… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
As cities face increasing pressure from densification trends, green roofs represent a
valuable source of ecosystem services for residents of compact metropolises where …

State-of-the-art analysis of the environmental benefits of green roofs

U Berardi, AH GhaffarianHoseini, A GhaffarianHoseini - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Green roofs have been proposed for sustainable buildings in many countries with different
climatic conditions. A state-of-the-art review of green roofs emphasizing current …

Green roof as an effective tool for sustainable urban development: An Australian perspective in relation to stormwater and building energy management

MA Alim, A Rahman, Z Tao, B Garner, R Griffith… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Green infrastructure could provide a suite of benefits, including stormwater management
and climate change impact mitigation. While European countries, the USA and Canada are …

Review on the cooling potential of green roofs in different climates

E Jamei, HW Chau, M Seyedmahmoudian… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The combined trends of urban heat island (UHI) intensification and global warming led to an
increased tendency towards on the greening of cities as a tool for UHI mitigation. Our study …

Green roof design: State of the art on technology and materials

S Cascone - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
In order to consider green roofs as an environmentally friendly technology, the selection of
efficient and sustainable components is extremely important. Previous review papers have …

Green roofs; building energy savings and the potential for retrofit

HF Castleton, V Stovin, SBM Beck, JB Davison - Energy and buildings, 2010 - Elsevier
Green roofs are a passive cooling technique that stop incoming solar radiation from
reaching the building structure below. Many studies have been conducted over the past 10 …