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Green Infrastructure - Incorporating Plants and Enhancing Biodiversity in Buildings and Urban Environments (Hardcover)
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Green Infrastructure - Incorporating Plants and Enhancing Biodiversity in Buildings and Urban Environments (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Urban Ecology
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With more than half of the world's population now living in urban
areas, it is vitally important that towns and cities are healthy
places to live. The principal aim of this book is to synthesize the
disparate literature on the use of vegetation in the built
environment and its multifunctional benefits to humans. The author
reviews issues such as: contact with wildlife and its immediate and
long-term effects on psychological and physical wellbeing; the role
of vegetation in removing health-damaging pollutants from the air;
green roofs and green walls, which provide insulation, reduce
energy use and decrease the carbon footprint of buildings; and
structural vegetation such as street trees, providing shading and
air circulation whilst also helping to stop flash-floods through
surface drainage. Examples are used throughout to illustrate the
practical use of vegetation to improve the urban environment and
deliver ecosystem services. Whilst the underlying theme is the
value of biodiversity, the emphasis is less on existing high-value
green spaces (such as nature reserves, parks and gardens), than on
the sealed surfaces of urban areas (building surfaces, roads, car
parks, plazas, etc.). The book shows how these, and the spaces they
encapsulate, can be modified to meet current and future
environmental challenges including climate change. The value of
existing green space is also covered to provide a comprehensive
textbook of international relevance.
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