Green roofs against pollution and climate change. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 695-705

  Li, Yanling ^a   Babcock, Roger W ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 sequestration; Green roof; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Pollution mitigation; Runoff quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919906669     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0230-9     Document Type: Review

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