Modelling a green roof retrofit in the Melbourne Central Business District

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-135

  Wilkinson, S J ^c   Rose, C ^a   Glenis, V ^b   Lamond, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CBD; Flood; Green roof; Inundation modelling; Retrofit

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; MODELING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; ROOF; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84930321496     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/FRIAR140111     Document Type: Article

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