Performance evaluation and development strategies for green roofs in Taiwan: A review

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-58

  Chen, Chi Feng ^a  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Green roofs; Runoff quality; Runoff volume; Thermal effects; Tropical and subtropical climate

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GREEN ROOF; HEAT ISLAND EFFECT; HOT WEATHER; HYDROGRAPHS; MASS LOADINGS; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; REGIONAL GOVERNMENT; RUNOFF QUALITY; RUNOFF VOLUMES; STORM WATER RUNOFF; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES; THERMAL REDUCTION; URBAN FLOOD CONTROL; UTILITY COSTS;

ACID RAIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOOD CONTROL; RUNOFF; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ROOFS;

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; FLOOD CONTROL; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HEAT ISLAND; HYDROGRAPH; LITERATURE REVIEW; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84872667078     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.083     Document Type: Review

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