Green Roofs and Water Retention in Ko¿ice, Slovakia

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-24038-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 133 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vranayová, Zuzana

Poórová, Zuzana

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Bauökologie, Baubiologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Konstruktiver Ingenieurbau, Baustatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Ökologische Aspekte in der Architektur
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauökologie, Baubiologie, Bauphysik, Bauchemie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.