TY  - BOOK
AU  - Poórová,Zuzana
AU  - Vranayová,Zuzana
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  -  Green Roofs and Water Retention in Košice, Slovakia  
SN  - 9783030240394
AV  - TA170-171 
U1  - 660.6 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Environmental engineering
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Buildings-Design and construction
KW  - Building
KW  - Construction
KW  - Engineering, Architectural
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Water pollution
KW  - Building materials
KW  - Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
KW  - Building Construction and Design
KW  - Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
KW  - Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution
KW  - Building Materials
N1  - Introduction -- 1. Questionnaire -- 2. Climate Change Is Not a Threat of Future, It Is Already Happening Now -- 3. Heat Islands -- 4. Colors: Green, Blue, Red -- 5. Košice -- 6. Modeling Košice Heat Islands Map -- 7. Modeling Košice Green Roofs Map -- 8. Conclusion and Future Benefits -- 9. References -- Appendix
N2  - This book discusses how climate change and heat islands are a main contributor to water related problems in urban areas in Košice, Slovakia. Green roofs are used as a tool to assist in solving these water related issues. The need to provide housing in urban areas is expected to rise to 66% in 2050, according to the United Nations. Many urban areas have seen natural permeable green areas replaced with concrete constructions and hard, non-permeable surfaces. The densification of existing built-up areas is responsible for the decreasing vegetation, which results in the lack of evapotranspiration cooling the air, thereby creating urban heat islands. Several studies, discussed in this book, have shown that natural and permeable surfaces, as in the case of green roofs, can play a crucial role in mitigating this negative climate phenomenon and providing higher efficiency for buildings, leading to savings such as water, one of the focal points of this research
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24039-4
ER  -