One green roof type, one Technosol, one ecological community

Joimel, Sophie; Grard, Baptiste; Chenu, Claire; Cheval, Pénélope; Mondy, Samuel; Lelièvre, Mélanie; Auclerc, Apolline; Gonod, Laure Vieublé

doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106475

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“…It is sometimes used to extrapolate from studies on green areas to illustrate the potential mental benefits of covered rooftops. Studies are being conducted to determine what characteristics of green roofs can enhance these advantages (Joimel et al, 2022). Depending on the setting and design, visible and practical access to natural roofs can promote human flourishing by:…”

Section: Psychological Benefitsmentioning

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Green Roofs: More Than Just a Pretty Face

Jawad

Abidi

Jahangir

2022

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Green Roof is basically a traditional concept which is revived and executed to focus and improve adverse effects of our urban environment. Benefits and impacts of green roof are not fully understood and valued. This paper reviews and discusses the different benefits of green roofs as solutions in reducing the energy, maintaining indoor temperatures, enhancing sound insulation and fire resistance, increasing life span of the roof, providing green spaces in concrete jungles, reduction of UHI effects and improved air quality. In addition to all this green roof also increases the aesthetics of buildings and different research have shown that green roof also improves the energy performance of buildings in summers and winters.

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Section: Psychological Benefitsmentioning

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Green Roofs: More Than Just a Pretty Face

Jawad

Abidi

Jahangir

2022

jass

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“…Green roofs are an example of a relatively novel ecosystem (Hobbs et al, 2006), characterized by low diversity and heavily managed plant communities grown in engineered substrate (Dunnett & Kingsbury, 2008). Soils that are part of green roofs are constructed but support plant and microbial life and are comprised of mineral, organic, atmospheric, and aquatic components like other soils (Joimel et al, 2022). Similar to many ground‐level urban green spaces that are similarly engineered or highly anthropogenically impacted, these soils are classified as Technosols, the properties of which are poorly understood and likely to be highly variable (IUSS, 2006; Leguédois et al, 2016).…”

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Drivers of fungal diversity and community biogeography differ between green roofs and adjacent ground‐level green space

Droz

Coffman

Eagar

et al. 2022

Environmental Microbiology

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Green roof soils are usually engineered for purposes other than urban biodiversity, which may impact their fungal communities, and in turn impact the health of plants in the urban ecosystem. We examined the drivers of fungal diversity and community composition in soil of green roofs and adjacent ground-level green spaces in three Midwestern USA cities-Chicago, Cleveland, and Minneapolis. Overall, fungal communities on green roofs were more diverse than ground-level green spaces and were correlated with plant cover (positively) and roof age (negatively) rather than abiotic soil properties. Fungal community composition was distinct between roof and ground environments, among cities, and between sampling sites, but green roofs and their immediately surrounding ground-level green space showed some similarity. This suggests dispersal limitation may result in geographic structuring at large spatial scales, but dispersal between roofs and their neighbouring sites may be occurring. Different fungal taxonomic and functional groups were better explained when roofs were classified either by depth (extensive or intensive) or functional intent of the roof design (i.e. stormwater/energy, biodiversity, or aesthetics/recreation). Our results demonstrate that green roofs are an important reservoir of fungal diversity in the urban landscape, which should be considered in future green roof design.

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The relationship between green roofs and urban biodiversity: a systematic review

Wang

et al. 2022

Biodivers Conserv

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One green roof type, one Technosol, one ecological community

Cited by 5 publications

References 49 publications

Green Roofs: More Than Just a Pretty Face

Green Roofs: More Than Just a Pretty Face

Drivers of fungal diversity and community biogeography differ between green roofs and adjacent ground‐level green space

The relationship between green roofs and urban biodiversity: a systematic review

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