Newly created ecosystems for a green built environment: Green roofs and green walls/facades

Green roofs and green walls/facades are newly-created ecosystems that allow the re-naturalization on remote-opportunistic places within the built environment, where traditional urban greenery solutions such as urban gardens, parks or forests, are not a feasible option. These hybrid Nature Based Solu...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Pérez Luque, Gabriel, Coma Arpón, Julià
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/467012
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100111
https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/467012
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Green roofs
Green walls/facades
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Summary:Green roofs and green walls/facades are newly-created ecosystems that allow the re-naturalization on remote-opportunistic places within the built environment, where traditional urban greenery solutions such as urban gardens, parks or forests, are not a feasible option. These hybrid Nature Based Solutions (NBS) provide multiple ecosystem services at both the city and building scale, encompassing biodiversity enhance ment, heat-island reductions, among other benefits. Moreover, their proximity to citizens lead to great opportunities to incorporate participatory models of co-maintenance and co-monitoring ensuring their long-term sustainability and performance while maximizing users contact with nature, improving society well-being and health.