Green roofs and garden roofs

Urban Ecosystem Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 391-412

  Rowe, D Bradley ^a   Getter, Kristin L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Carbon sequestration; Energy conservation; Garden roof; Green roof; Iodiversity; Urban ecosystem; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

EID: 85105291347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr55.c19     Document Type: Chapter

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