Vertical greening systems, a process tree for green façades and living walls

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-277

  Perini, Katia ^a   Ottelé, Marc ^b   Haas, E M ^b   Raiteri, Rossana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental benefits; Environmental impact; Fa ade greening; Living wall systems; Nature in cities; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877060956     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0262-3     Document Type: Article

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