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Green Roof Retrofitting and Conservation of Endangered Flora
The multiple environmental, social and economic benefits of green roofs are increasingly well understood among built environment practitioners and in the broader community. However, the issue of biodiversity protection and conservation of endangered flora in our densifying cities has received much less attention than benefits such as stormwater detention or building energy savings. This chapter provides a brief strategic overview of urban biodiversity conservation before examining the current state of play regarding the application of roof greening in the protection of endangered flora, including identification of key knowledge gaps. The Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub – a threatened plant community indigenous to the coastal zone of Sydney, Australia – is introduced here as the focus for a proposed five‐year research programme aimed at evaluating the role of green roofs in the management of this particular community and, it is hoped, helping to address the more general research gaps around roof greening as a viable flora conservation strategy.
Green Roof Retrofitting and Conservation of Endangered Flora
The multiple environmental, social and economic benefits of green roofs are increasingly well understood among built environment practitioners and in the broader community. However, the issue of biodiversity protection and conservation of endangered flora in our densifying cities has received much less attention than benefits such as stormwater detention or building energy savings. This chapter provides a brief strategic overview of urban biodiversity conservation before examining the current state of play regarding the application of roof greening in the protection of endangered flora, including identification of key knowledge gaps. The Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub – a threatened plant community indigenous to the coastal zone of Sydney, Australia – is introduced here as the focus for a proposed five‐year research programme aimed at evaluating the role of green roofs in the management of this particular community and, it is hoped, helping to address the more general research gaps around roof greening as a viable flora conservation strategy.
Green Roof Retrofitting and Conservation of Endangered Flora
Wilkinson, Sara (editor) / Dixon, Tim (editor) / Osmond, Paul (author) / Blair, John (author)
Green Roof Retrofit ; 140-157
2016-08-16
18 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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