Planning, Designing, and Managing Green Roofs and Green Walls for Public Health – An Ecosystem Services Approach

Green Infrastructure, Ecosystem Services, and Human Health

Contemporary ecological models of health prominently feature the natural environment as fundamental to the ecosystem services that support human life, health, and well-being. The natural environment encompasses and permeates all other spheres of influence on health. Reviews of the natural environment and health literature have tended, at times intentionally, to focus on a limited subset of ecos...

Green roofs in Mediterranean areas ¬タモ Survey and maintenance planning

This paper addresses green roof maintenance in Mediterranean areas. A field survey is presented, describing building and roof systems of eleven case studies in Portugal, anomalies, causes and maintenance actions. The most affected system components were the vegetation layer, followed by the drainage system, substrate and paths. All inspected green roofs have regular maintenance, mainly concerni...

Green Roofs as Urban Ecosystems: Ecological Structures, Functions, and Services

Cost-Effectiveness of Green Roofs

Life-cycle assessment was used to evaluate the widespread installation of green roofs in a typical urban mixed-use neighborhood. Market prices of materials, construction, energy conservation, storm-water management, and greenhouse gas GHG emission reductions were used to evaluate private and social costs and benefits. Results suggest green roofs are currently not cost effective on a private cos...

The Potential for Green Roofs in Hawai‘i

Published by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) and issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Andrew G. Hashimoto, Director/Dean, Cooperative Extension Service/CTAHR, University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822. An equal opportunity/affirmative action inst...