Green Roofs and Water Retention in Košice, Slovakia

Zuzana Poórová, Zuzana Vranayová (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 133 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-24038-7 (ISBN)

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This book discusses how climate change and heat islands are a main contributor to water related problems in urban areas in Kosice, 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.

Zuzana Poórová is architect and assistant professor at the Institute of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University in Kosice. She is specialized in green infrastructures - green roofs and walls and their retention qualities in terms of city urbanism, heat island and climate change. Focusing on current issues such as sponge city. Zuzana Vranayová is professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University in Kosice, Department of Building Services. She is conducting various researches on her major field of study of water supply and drainage system in buildings. She is also actively involved in governmental and academic institutions and committees related to her field of study as chief coordinator and board member.

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. Kosice.- 6. Modeling Kosice Heat Islands Map.- 7. Modeling Kosice Green Roofs Map.- 8. Conclusion and Future Benefits.- 9. References.- Appendix.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.10.2019
Zusatzinfo	XV, 133 p. 126 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
Themenwelt	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
Schlagworte	Building Construction and Design • Climate Change and Water Management • Climate change impacts • Concrete Structures, Permeable and Non-Permeable S • Concrete Structures, Permeable and Non-Permeable Surfaces • Greenery and Trees • Green Roofs and Water Retention • Infrastructures - Blue, Green • urban heat islands • Water Quality and Water Pollution
ISBN-10	3-030-24038-X / 303024038X
ISBN-13	978-3-030-24038-7 / 9783030240387
Zustand	Neuware