Sustainable green walls in architecture

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 792-794

  Urrestarazu, M ^a   Bures S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b Buresinnova S L Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Green chemistry; Green roof; Green walls; Plant built environment; Rosmarinus officinalis; Urban canopy; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANT DISEASE; FERTIGATION; GREEN CHEMISTRY; LAND DRAINAGE; NONHUMAN; RENEWABLE ENERGY; ROSEMARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VEGETATION;

ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84856901857     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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