Street canyons are generally highly polluted urban environments due to high traffic emissions and impeded dispersion. Green infrastructure (GI) is one potential passive control …
M Shafique, R Kim, M Rafiq - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Research on the green roof has been raised expeditiously over the past decade. Green roof have been proposed as the sustainable practice to mitigate the adverse effects of …
As urban areas expand, understanding how ecological processes function in cities has become increasingly important for conserving biodiversity. Urban green spaces are critical …
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 …
SE Hobbie, NB Grimm - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Managing and adapting to climate change in urban areas will become increasingly important as urban populations grow, especially because unique features of cities amplify …
Green roofs are an effective nature-based solution to eco-environmental problems arising from climate change and rapid urbanization because they provide multiple ecosystem …
Green Infrastructure (GI) practices have shown to be promising in mitigating the air pollution in urban areas of several cities across the world. GI practices such as trees, green roofs and …
Though urban agriculture (UA), defined here as growing of crops in cities, is increasing in popularity and importance globally, little is known about the aggregate benefits of such …
S Cascone, F Catania, A Gagliano, G Sciuto - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Green roofs present a viable solution for increasing rainwater retention while improving the energy performance of both new and existing buildings. Considering the widespread …