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Ecoregional green roofs : theory and application in the western USA and Canada /

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This book studies the application of green roofs in ecoregions of the western United States and Canada. While green roofs were intended to sustain local or regional vegetation, this volume describes how green roofs in their modern form are typically planted with a low-diversity mix of sedums from Eu...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dvorak, Bruce (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Series:Cities and nature.
Subjects:
Green roofs (Gardening) > West (U.S.)
Green roofs (Gardening) > Canada.
Green roofs (Gardening)
Canada.
West United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Background and Theory
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to Ecoregional Green Roofs
  • Chapter 2. Theoretical Development of Ecoregional Green Roofs
  • Part II: Application: Ecoregional Green Roof Case Studies
  • Chapter 3. Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregions
  • Chapter 4. Shortgrass Prairie Ecoregions
  • Chapter 5. Desert Southwest Ecoregions
  • Chapter 6. Intermontane Semi-arid Grassland Ecoregions
  • Chapter 7. California Coastal Ecoregions
  • Chapter 8. Puget Lowland Ecoregions
  • Chapter 9. Willamette Valley Ecoregions
  • Chapter 10. Fraser Lowlands and Vancouver Island Ecoregions
  • Part III: Summary and Future Outlook
  • Chapter 11. Ecoregional Green Infrastructure and Future Outlook
  • Afterword.