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-blue infrastructures in urban spaces offer several co-benefits besides flood risk reduction, such as water savings, energy savings due to less cooling usage, air quality …
Worldwide, green infrastructure is increasingly used to mitigate the impacts of dense urban areas, contributing towards the naturalization of the built environment. However, for …
K Vijayaraghavan - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Green roofs have been proposed as an efficient and practical tool to combat urbanisation in many countries. This review paper focuses on various benefits associated with green roofs …
H Toxopeus, F Polzin - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Obtaining public and/or private finance for upscaling urban nature-based solutions (NBS) is a key barrier for reaching urban sustainability goals, including climate mitigation and …
Nature‐Based Solutions (NBS) are solutions to societal challenges that are inspired and supported by nature. The European Commission requested the EKLIPSE project to help …
K Perini, P Rosasco - Building and Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Vertical greening systems can be used as a mean to improve the environmental conditions of dense urban areas. Several researches have proved the environmental benefits of green …
I Teotónio, CM Silva, CO Cruz - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …
This interdisciplinary review organizes, summarizes and critically analyzes the literature regarding the nexus between climate change and the built environment, its associated …