Effects of recycled aggregate growth substrate on green roof vegetation development: A six year experiment

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-31

  Bates, Adam J ^a   Sadler, Jon P ^a   Greswell, Richard B ^a   Mackay, Rae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brown roof; Crushed brick; Development mitigation; Drought disturbance; Rooftop garden; Succession

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ASH HANDLING; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; ROOFS; SEED; VEGETATION;

ASSEMBLAGE CHARACTER; CRUSHED BRICKS; DEVELOPMENT MITIGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATORS; RECYCLED AGGREGATES; ROOFTOP GARDEN; SUCCESSION;

BRICK;

AGGREGATE; BROWNFIELD SITE; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT STRESS; MESOCOSM; RECYCLING; ROOF; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 84912052176     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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