Ecoregional Green Roofs : Theory and Application in the Western USA and Canada /

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
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Dvorak, Bruce (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:	1st ed. 2021.
Series:	Cities and Nature,
Subjects:	Urban geography. Sustainable architecture. Urban ecology (Biology). Biodiversity. Environmental geography. Plant systematics. Plant taxonomy. Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns). Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. Urban Ecology. Environmental Geography. Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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.