An overview of carbon sequestration of green roofs in urban areas

M Shafique, X Xue, X Luo - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2020 - Elsevier
In urban areas, one way of mitigating the adverse effects of air pollution is the sustainable
rooftop practice known as green roofs. How green roofs can help reduce carbon emissions …

Decision making for implementing non-traditional water sources: a review of challenges and potential solutions

H Quon, S Jiang - npj Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
The effects of climate change, population growth, and future hydrologic uncertainties
necessitate increased water conservation, new water resources, and a shift towards …

Assessing hydrological performance for optimized integrated grey-green infrastructure in response to climate change based on shared socio-economic pathways

M Wang, M Liu, D Zhang, Y Zhang, J Su, S Zhou… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Integrated grey-green infrastructure (IGGI) is considered as a promising facility for mitigating
urban flooding during extreme rainfall events. However, most IGGI strategies rely heavily on …

Quantification of the food-water-energy nexus in urban green and blue infrastructure: A synthesis of the literature

F Meng, Q Yuan, RA Bellezoni, JAP de Oliveira… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Green and blue infrastructure (GBI) is an innovative strategy to tackle food-water-energy
(FWE) nexus issues. GBI can provide the benefits of food production, energy saving and …

Covid-19 and outdoor recreation–lessons learned? Introduction to the special issue on “outdoor recreation and Covid-19: its effects on people, parks and landscapes”

U Pröbstl-Haider, K Gugerell… - Journal of Outdoor …, 2023 - Elsevier
The special issue presents international experiences with COVID-19 in the years 2020 and
2021 on outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism. To set the scene, a bibliometric and …

Multi-objective layout optimization for sponge city by annealing algorithm and its environmental benefits analysis

L She, M Wei, X You - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
With the development of urbanization, cities are facing crises such as waterlogging, water
pollution, and floods. In order to actually alleviate urban floods and other disasters, China …

Green infrastructure for urban flood resilience: a review of recent literature on bibliometrics, methodologies, and typologies

M Khodadad, I Aguilar-Barajas, AZ Khan - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Urban flood resilience can critically diminish the negative effects of extreme climatic
conditions. In recent decades, green infrastructure has been gaining attention among …

Sustainable green roofs: a comprehensive review of influential factors

M Shahmohammad, M Hosseinzadeh, B Dvorak… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Green roofs have gained much attention as a modern roofing surface due to their potential to
deliver many environmental and social benefits. Studies have indicated that different GR …

A standardized assessment framework for green roof decarbonization: A review of embodied carbon, carbon sequestration, bioenergy supply, and operational carbon …

X Dong, BJ He - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Decarbonization is essential for decelerating climate change and alleviating its associated
impacts. Green roofs (GR) are expected to be a solution to the limited urban spaces for …

[HTML][HTML] Green infrastructure sustains the food-energy-water-habitat nexus

T Ruan, Y Xu, L Jones, WJ Boeing… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ecosystem service potential of urban green infrastructure (GI) is increasingly
appreciated, yet its underpinning role in the food-energy-water-habitat (FEWH) nexus is …