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Green roof systems : a guide to the planning, design, and construction of landscapes over structure / Susan K. Weiler, Katrin Scholz-Barth.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Wiley book on sustainable designPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.Description: v, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780471674955 (hbk.) :
  • 9780471674955 (cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 635.9671 WEI
LOC classification:
  • SB419.5 .W45 2009
Contents:
Replenishing our diminishing resources: integrating landscape and architecture -- Beyond the property line: ecological, economic, spatial, and social benefits of green roof systems -- Envisioning green roof systems: from city scale to project scale -- Green roof systems at the project scale: site and architectural considerations -- Considerations in developing structural systems for green roof systems -- Component parts: inert and dynamic -- Putting the parts together: the design and documentation process -- The bidding and construction porocess -- Minimizing, managing, and insuring risk -- Maintenance requirements and performance evaluation.
Summary: As our cities become more crowded, the air more polluted, architects are required to design public space over existing or planned structures. This text offers substantive and technical information on intensive and extensive roofing systems, their components, and their applications.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 635.9671 WEI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 209784
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 635.9671 WEI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 209785

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Replenishing our diminishing resources: integrating landscape and architecture -- Beyond the property line: ecological, economic, spatial, and social benefits of green roof systems -- Envisioning green roof systems: from city scale to project scale -- Green roof systems at the project scale: site and architectural considerations -- Considerations in developing structural systems for green roof systems -- Component parts: inert and dynamic -- Putting the parts together: the design and documentation process -- The bidding and construction porocess -- Minimizing, managing, and insuring risk -- Maintenance requirements and performance evaluation.

As our cities become more crowded, the air more polluted, architects are required to design public space over existing or planned structures. This text offers substantive and technical information on intensive and extensive roofing systems, their components, and their applications.

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