Green infrastructure and public policies: An international review of green roofs and green walls incentives

Land Use Policy

Volumn 96, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Liberalesso, Tiago ^a   Oliveira Cruz, Carlos ^a   Matos Silva, Cristina ^a   Manso, Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; Green roofs; Green walls; Policy incentives; Public policies; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; INCENTIVE; INFRASTRUCTURE; PUBLIC SECTOR; ROOF; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; WALL;

EID: 85083897460     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104693     Document Type: Article

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