Rainwater runoff retention on an aged intensive green roof

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-38

  Speak, A F ^a   Rothwell, J J ^a   Lindley, S J ^a   Smith, C L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Green roof; Rainwater runoff; Sustainable urban drainage systems

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; COMPLEX INTERACTION; GREEN ROOF; HYDROLOGICAL BALANCE; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; VEGETATION COMPOSITION; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SOILS; SUBSTRATES;

ROOFS;

RAIN; RUNOFF;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; FLOODING; GREENSPACE; RAINWATER; ROOF; RUNOFF; URBAN DRAINAGE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FLOODING; GREEN ROOF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SOIL PROPERTY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER;

GREEN ROOF; RAINWATER RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS;

ANGIOSPERMS; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENGLAND; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; RAIN; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ENGLAND; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84878649484     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.085     Document Type: Article

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