Considerations for plant selection in green roofs

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Considerations for plant selection in green roofs

It is the vegetation layer that creates the living skin on the rooftop in green roofs, controls the long-term effect of any green roof installation and provides a naturally evolving and changing roofscape. Therefore, plant layer is the most challenging and important element of green roofs. A success...

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Main Authors:	Arabi, Roozbeh, Shahidan, Mohd Fairuz, Mohd Shariff, Mustafa Kamal, Ja'afar, Mohamad Fakri Zaky, Rakhshandehroo, Mehdi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42307/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42307/1/FKRSE1_10-17.pdf

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