Developing resilient green roofs in a dry climate

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 579-589

  Razzaghmanesh, M ^a   Beecham, S ^a   Brien, C J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Green roof; Plant growth index; Resilient cities; Stormwater; Water sensitive urban design

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERIMENTS; IRRIGATION; ROOFS; STORMS; WATER SUPPLY;

GREEN ROOF; PLANT GROWTH; RESILIENT CITIES; STORMWATERS; WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGNS;

DESIGN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GREENBELT; HEAT ISLAND; PLANT; STORMWATER; SURVIVAL; URBAN DESIGN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; CHRYSOCEPHALUM APICULATUM; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPHYMA CRASSIFOLIUM; DRY CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREEN ROOF; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT WATER USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOOT; SURVIVAL RATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PROCEDURES;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS;

EID: 84901410092     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.040     Document Type: Article

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