Journal article
Ten years of greening a wide brown land: A synthesis of Australian green roof research and roadmap forward
NSG Williams, RS Bathgate, C Farrell, KE Lee, C Szota, J Bush, KA Johnson, RE Miller, A Pianella, LD Sargent, J Schiller, KJH Williams, JP Rayner
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening | Published : 2021
Abstract
Australian cities have been slow to implement green roofs. This is because there are many potential barriers to their widely acceptance as a nature based solution that can make cities more liveable and help them adapt to, and mitigate, climate change. Due to significant differences in rainfall, temperature, available substrates and suitable vegetation relying on northern hemisphere research and experience is problematic as many of the environmental and economic benefits of green roofs are location specific. This paper aims to 1. Synthesise a decade of Australian green roof research that has sought to overcome these barriers, 2. Assess the current status of the Australian green roof industry ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This paper is an output of the Researching the benefits of demonstration green roofs across Australia (GC16002) project funded by the Hort Frontiers Green Cities Fund, part of the Hort Frontiers strategic partnership initiative developed by Hort Innovation, with co-investment from the University of Melbourne, City of Melbourne, the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and contributions from the Australian government. The same organisations funded the Green Roofs Walls and Facades industry summits and we thank the summit design team and all participants. We also thank two anonymous reviewers whose comments have improved the manuscript.