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Some European green roof norms and guidelines through the lens of biodiversity : do ecoregions and plant traits also matter?

2018

Abstract Green infrastructure and in particular green roofs are crucial to meet the challenge of sustainable urbanisation fostered by the current European Research and Innovation agenda. Several documents were issued in the last decades in Europe for regulating the design, construction and up-keep of roof greening. In particular, the actual German guidelines have been widely adopted as a reference basis for green roof design and regulation worldwide, because of its exhaustiveness and proven building- and landscaping tradition. With the aim to assess the effectiveness of green roof guidelines and norms in supporting plant and soil biodiversity in different ecoregions, and particularly of the…

Environmental Engineering010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesSoil biodiversitySettore AGR/13 - Chimica AgrariaGreen roofBiodiversity010501 environmental sciencesManagement Monitoring Policy and Law01 natural sciencesGermanEcoregion577: Ökologie0105 earth and related environmental sciencesNature and Landscape ConservationSettore ICAR/15 - Architettura Del PaesaggioBiodiverse green roofs Ecological design Biogeographic regions Nature-based solutions Policiesbusiness.industryEnvironmental resource managementlanguage.human_languageGeographySettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicatalanguageLandscapingNorm (social)Green infrastructurebusiness
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Biodiverse green roofs in Mediterranean climate. Input and lessons learned from Germany and Switzerland

In the realm of the doctoral program in technologies for sustainability and land restoration, this thesis deepens sustainable and ecological solutions for Mediterranean environment after the German tradition and the Swiss school of green roofs for biodiversity. Specific aims were to: (1) assess the effectiveness of the existing green roofs norms in supporting biodiversity; (2) review methodologies and approaches for the implementation of biodiverse green roofs but also their application for ecological design; (3) identify habitat templates in the Mediterranean ecoregion replicable on green roofs; and (4) investigate the long term vegetation development of unmanaged green roofs in order to g…

normgreen roofecological designwild speciehay transferspontaneous colonisationstepping stones.Mediterranean climategreen roofs; guidelines; norms; Mediterranean climate; biodiversity; ecological design; hay transfer; wild species; spontaneous colonisation; stepping stones.guidelinebiodiversity
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Research on ecological design to enhance comfort in open spaces of a city (Valencia, Spain). Utility of the physiological equivalent temperature (PET)

2013

For many years now, research has focused on issues concerning making cities easier to live in and some of the most important of these concern climatology and thermal comfort issues. There is also a growing awareness of the importance of open spaces and green areas, as key elements in providing opportunities for human interaction, leisure and physical exercise. They are important for all inhabitants, but particularly so for children and the elderly population. Of especial interest are the studies which have examined the interaction of comfort with the urban climate. This issue was studied throughout the twentieth century, but recently the role which can be played by biometeorological indices…

Environmental EngineeringMeteorologyCONSTRUCCIONES ARQUITECTONICASEquivalent temperatureUrban designThermal comfortPhysiologically equivalent temperatura (PET)Management Monitoring Policy and LawEcological urban planningHuman biometeorologyGeographyEcological designNeed to knowReflexivityUrban climateOutdoor termal confortUrban climateEnvironmental impact assessmentEnvironmental planningNature and Landscape ConservationEcological Engineering
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