Green Roofs and Water Retention in Košice, Slovakia

AvZuzana Poórová,Zuzana Vranayová

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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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 Košice, Slovakia. Many urban areas have seen natural permeable green areas replaced with concrete constructions and hard, non-permeable surfaces.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-10-09
Mått:155 x 235 x 9 mm
Vikt:274 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:133
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030240417

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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.

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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.