Runoff and vegetation stress of green roofs under different climate change scenarios

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-77

  Vanuytrecht, Eline ^a   Van Mechelen, Carmen ^a   Van Meerbeek, Koenraad ^a   Willems, Patrick ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a   Raes, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought stress; Extensive green roofs; Green roof design; Modeling; Stormwater retention

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; MODELS; ROOFS; RUNOFF; STORMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; DROUGHT STRESS; EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOFS; GREEN ROOF; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; STORMWATER RETENTION; WATER BALANCE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BITUMEN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DROUGHT STRESS; GREENSPACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROOF; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84892153163     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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