A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
This chapter reviews the literature mainly of recent developments in urban greening. By incorporating more greening in cities, it is possible to capture and store carbon. In this way, vegetation acts as a soft-engineering strategy that can be cheaply deployed to achieve low-carbon cities. This can be performed in different ways, as through façade greening (as with the use of climbing plants), grassed roofs (including extensive green roofs), and roof gardens. Here, all of these methods of urban greening are considered with respect to their ecological functions and benefits. Thermoregulation is one of the many impacts of vegetated surfaces (through the provision of shade and insulation), including green walls. In addition to urban microclimatic control, there are also recognised (environmental) benefits of air filtration and purification, storm-water retention, and more. The research conveys urban greening as an effective mitigation-adaptation tool for climate change, acting also to improve urban climate, including the UHI effect and wind tunnelling in cities, as well as urban pollution more generally. The benefits of green roofs and façade greening are especially considered for urban greening before presenting a critical evaluation of the literature.
This chapter reviews the literature mainly of recent developments in urban greening. By incorporating more greening in cities, it is possible to capture and store carbon. In this way, vegetation acts as a soft-engineering strategy that can be cheaply deployed to achieve low-carbon cities. This can be performed in different ways, as through façade greening (as with the use of climbing plants), grassed roofs (including extensive green roofs), and roof gardens. Here, all of these methods of urban greening are considered with respect to their ecological functions and benefits. Thermoregulation is one of the many impacts of vegetated surfaces (through the provision of shade and insulation), including green walls. In addition to urban microclimatic control, there are also recognised (environmental) benefits of air filtration and purification, storm-water retention, and more. The research conveys urban greening as an effective mitigation-adaptation tool for climate change, acting also to improve urban climate, including the UHI effect and wind tunnelling in cities, as well as urban pollution more generally. The benefits of green roofs and façade greening are especially considered for urban greening before presenting a critical evaluation of the literature.
Energy Conservation
SpringerBriefs Geography
Thornbush, Mary J. (author)
2015-06-30
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Urban greening , Façade greening/Green walls , Climbing plants , Thermoregulation , Cooling effect , Microclimate , Urban climate , Urban heat island (UHI) effect Environment , Monitoring/Environmental Analysis , Environmental Health , Geography, general , Energy, general , Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution , Earth and Environmental Science
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