Green Roof Ecosystems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sutton, Richard K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 223
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Landscape architecture.; Ecosystems.; Landscape ecology.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Life Sciences.; Urban Ecology.; Landscape Ecology.; Landscape Architecture.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

This book provides an up-to-date coverage of green (vegetated) roof research, design, and management from an ecosystem perspective. It reviews, explains, and poses questions about monitoring, substrate, living components, and the abiotic, biotic, and cultural aspects connecting green roofs to the fi...