Beschreibung:
Green Roof Systems goes beyond the fashionable green roof movement and provides solid information on building accessible space, often as important public space, over structure. It offers brief coverage of the entire process, including planning and collaboration, and focuses on the technical aspects of these roof systems, their components, and their applications.
Green Roof Systems goes beyond the fashionable green roof movement and provides solid information on building accessible space, often as important public space, over structure. It offers brief coverage of the entire process, including planning and collaboration, and focuses on the technical aspects of these roof systems, their components, and their applications.
Chapter 1 Replenishing Our Diminishing Resources: IntegratingLandscape and Architecture.Chapter 2 Beyond the Property Line: Ecological, EconomicSpatial, and Social Benefits of Green Roof Systems.Chapter 3 Envisioning Green Roof Systems: From City Scale toProject Scale.Chapter 4 Green Roof Systems at the Project Scale: Site andArchitectural Considerations.Chapter 5 Considerations in Developing Structural Systems forGreen Roof Systems.Chapter 6 Component Parts: Inert and Dynamic.Chapter 7 Putting the Parts Together: The Design andDocumentation Process.Chapter 8 The Bidding and Construction Process.Chapter 9 Minimizing, Managing, and Insuring Risk.Chapter 10 Maintenance Requirements and PerformanceEvaluation.Index.