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Ecoregional Green Roofs, Infrastructure, and Future Outlook

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Ecoregional Green Roofs

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Chapter 11 provides a synthesis of and commentary about ecoregional green roofs informed by the case studies in Part II. Discussions address critical factors outlined in Chap. 2 such as the conservation of native plant communities, the use of native vegetation on green roofs, biodiversity, maintenance, water for irrigation, and microclimates. This chapter also discusses how ecoregional green roofs have been used as a part of therapeutic and biophilic design, how green roofs play an important role in the development of green and sustainable architecture, integrated site design, and parameters implicit to LEED, the Living Building Challenge, and SITES programs. We also discuss the use, integration, and potential expansion of ecoregional green roofs at various scales as well as landscape structures such as corridors, patches, and matrices. The chapter concludes with a look at future opportunities for green roofs. We discuss research gaps, where new knowledge and research are needed. We also note opportunities related to policies, education, industry support, and innovation.

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Dvorak, B., Skabelund, L.R. (2021). Ecoregional Green Roofs, Infrastructure, and Future Outlook. In: Dvorak, B. (eds) Ecoregional Green Roofs. Cities and Nature. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58395-8_11

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