Green roof retrofit : building urban resilience /: building urban resilience. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sara Wilkinson and Tim Dixon.
• Editors: Wilkinson, Sara, 1961-; Dixon, Timothy J, 1958-
• Contents: Notes on Editors Notes on Contributors Foreword by Sarah Cary CHAPTER 1 BUILDING RESILIENCE IN URBAN SETTLEMENTS THROUGH GREEN ROOF RETROFIT 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background and context: green infrastructure 1.1.1 Green roofs 1.2 Extensive and intensive systems 1.3 Valuing green infrastructure and wider economic benefits 1.4 Measures of greenness in cities and the growing market for green roofs 1.5 A growing global market for green roofs 1.6 Overview of the structure of the book 1.7 Conclusion CHAPTER 2: TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING ISSUES IN GREEN ROOF RETROFIT 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Technical and engineering considerations 2.2 Roof structure and covering typologies 2.2.1 Pitched roof structures 2.2.2 Pitched roof coverings 2.2.3 Flat roof structures 2.2.4 Flat roof coverings 2.2.5 Other roof designs 2.2.6 Green Roof modular systems 2.3 Available Space 2.4 Structural Capacity 2.5 Waterproof Membranes and insulation 2.6 Drainage 2.7 Heritage 2.8. Green Roof Access 2.8.1 Access for Maintenance 2.8.2 Temporary or permanent access strategies need to consider the following; 2.8.3 Maintenance Frequency 2.9 Other Issues 2.10 How to determine which Green Roof type is best suited to different structures 2.11 Illustrative case studies 2.11.1 Australia, Surry Hills Library and Beare Park, Sydney 2.11.2 Brazil 2.11.3 1214 Queen St West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2.11. 4 107 Cheapside, London, UK 2.12 Conclusions References CHAPTER 3: GREEN ROOF RETROFIT AND THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND 3.0 Introduction 3.1 Defining the urban heat island 3.1.1 UHI impacts on environment, society and economy 3.2 Microclimatic effects of rooftop greening 3.3 Green roof cooling mechanisms 3.4 Green roof retrofit for UHI mitigation – defining the boundaries 3.4.1 Roof availability and suitability 3.4.2 Design considerations – intensive versus extensive 3.5 Green roof retrofit for UHI mitigation – developing the model 3.5.1 Overview of methods 3.5.2 Modeling roof availability and suitability 3.5.3 Modeling thermal performance 3.6 Model implementation – evaluating Sydney’s surface and canopy layer heat islands 3.7 Green roof retrofit for UHI mitigation – model implementation 3.8 Conclusions – where to from here? 3.8.1 Limitations of the research and opportunities for further work References CHAPTER 4: THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF GREEN ROOF RETROFIT 4.0 Introduction 4.1 Green roof retrofit and thermal performance 4.2 Research methodology 4.3 Case study: Rio de Janeiro and Sydney 4.3.1 Rio de Janeiro case study 4.3.2 Sydney case study 4.3.3 Evaluation of Rio de Janeiro and Sydney cases 4.4 Conclusions References CHAPTER 5: STORMWATER ATTENUATION AND GREEN ROOF RETROFIT 5.0 Introduction 5.1 The problem of pluvial flooding 5.2 Specifications for stormwater roofs and issues for retrofit 5.2.1 Technical and physical issues in retrofit 5.2.2 Estimating run off reduction 5.3 Modelling for city scale stormwater attenuation 5.3.1 Melbourne Australia 5.3.2 Newcastle upon Tyne UK CBD database 5.3.3 Melbourne and Newcastle run off estimation 5.4 Assessment of retrofit at a building scale 5.4.1 Portland Ecoroof programme 5.5 Conclusions - where to next? References CHAPTER 6: BIODIVERSITY AND GREEN ROOF RETROFIT 6.0 Introduction 6.1 What is biodiversity? 6.2 Green roofs for vertebrate conservation 6.3 Green Roofs for Invertebrate Conservation 6.4 Conclusions References CHAPTER 7: PLANTING CHOICES FOR RETROFITTED GREEN ROOFS 7.0 Introduction 7.1 Ecosystem services delivery by green roofs: the importance of plant choice 7.2 Plant species choice and building cooling / insulation 7.2.1 Plants and cooling – basic principles 7.2.2 Plant species choice and summertime surface cooling 7.2.3 Plant species choice and winter-time insulation 7.3 Plant species choice and storm-water management 7.4 Greater plant variety can enhance urban biodiversity 7.4 Greater plant variety can enhance urban biodiversity 7.5 Plant choices and particle pollution mitigation 7.6 New plant choices and adaptation of current green roof systems 7.7 Conclusions and future work References CHAPTER 8: GREEN ROOF RETROFITTING AND CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED FLORA 8.0 Introduction 8.1 Biodiversity conservation – a strategic overview 8.2 A review of green roofs in habitat conservation 8.3 Knowledge gaps and further research 8.3.1 A research programme for conserving endangered species on green roofs 8.3.2 The endangered community of the Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub 8.4 A model research design for species conservation 8.4.1 Extensive or intensive roofs? 8.4.2 Research objectives 8.4.3 Guiding principles for ESBS regeneration 8.4.4 Preparatory steps 8.4.5 Monitoring 8.4.6 Expected outcomes 8.5 Conclusions References CHAPTER 9: URBAN FOOD PRODUCTION ON RETROFITTED ROOFTOPS 9.0 Introduction 9.1 Green roof retrofit and urban food production 9.2 Stakeholders and urban food production 9.3 Contamination and air quality issues 9.3.1 Types of pollutants 9.3.2 Most urban soils are contaminated 9.3.3 Do contaminants accumulate in urban crops? 9.3.4 Mitigating urban crop contamination 9.3.5 Urban gardens and air quality 9.4 The research design and methodology 9.4.1 Case studies 9.4.2 Gumal Student Housing 9.4.3 Science Roof 9.4.4 Vertical Gardens 9.4.5 Results and interpretation 9.4.6 Findings 9.5 The carbon footprint of food grown on demonstration beds 9.6 Potential reductions in carbon footprint 9.7 Conclusions References CHAPTER 10: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF INSTITUTIONAL ROOFTOP GARDEN 10.0 Introduction and objectives 10.1 Social aspects, productivity and sustainability potential of rooftop gardens 10.2 Methodology 10.2.1 Comparative analysis of eight university rooftop garden case studies 10.2.2 Semi-structured interviews with UTS Roof Gardening Club 10.2.3 107 Projects Rooftop Garden: a sensory ethnography 10.3 Main findings 10.3.1 Qualitative analysis of UTS Roof Gardening Club semi structured interviews 10.3.2 The social life of the rooftop 10.3.3 Analysis: permaculture on the rooftop 10.3.4 St. Canice Kitchen Garden, King Cross, Sydney 10.4 Recommendations, discussions and conclusions References CHAPTER 11: COOL ROOF RETROFITS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO GREEN ROOFS 11.0 Introduction 11.1 What is a Cool Roof? 11.2 Background – How does a cool roof work? 11.3 Cool roof studies and measurements 11.4 The experiment 11.5 Conclusions References CHAPTER 12 12.0 Introduction 12.1 City-level actions: Basel and Paris 12.2 City-level actions: requirements or inducements? 12.3 Tools and information services 12.4 Green Roofs the big picture of GI and future developments
• Publisher Details: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 695.028/6; Roofs; Sustainable construction; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119055600; 1119055601
• Related ISBNs: 9781119055570; 1119055571
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 29, 2016).
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