Green roofs and green walls are effective resilient and adaptive solutions that provide
multiple ecosystem services when implemented in urban environments. In the past years …

Water has been pushed into a linear model, which is increasingly acknowledged of causing
cumulative emissions of pollutants, waste stocks, and impacting on the irreversible …

The effects of climate change on the built environment represents an important research
challenge. Today, green roofs (GRs) represent a viable solution for enhancing energy and …

Urban greening is an effective mitigation option for climate change in urban areas. In this
contribution, a European Union (EU)-wide assessment is presented to quantify the benefits …

Green roofs constitute a prominent urban green infrastructure solution and are considered to
be able to enhance urban sustainability and resilience. Existing literature, however, lacks a …

In cities, buildings contribute large unused panels, especially on their wall and roofs. These
external surfaces generally made from materials that listed as a reflector to the heat such as …

Increased urbanization combined with the intensification of short rainfall events has
worsened the urban flood issue. Among the different blue-green solutions to mitigate pluvial …

A wide diffusion of green envelopes in cities can be an opportunity to improve urban
environment conditions and reduce negative effects of climate change. The green roof …

Green infrastructure alternatives such as green roofs and walls (GRGW) are part of nature-
based solutions for managing complex urban environmental, health, and well-being …

Green infrastructure (GI) contributes to improve urban drainage and also has other societal
and environmental benefits that grey infrastructure usually does not have. Economic …