Digging up the Past: Re-Visiting the Potential Role Green Roofs can Play in Mitigating the Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effect: A Case Study of the Central Business District (CBD), Durban, South Africa

Digging up the Past: Re-Visiting the Potential Role Green Roofs can Play in Mitigating the Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effect: A Case Study of the Central Business District (CBD), Durban, South Africa

Across the world, cities and densely populated areas are striving to both uplift the quality of the environment as well as enhance their sustainability. Part of this endeavour entails the promotion of urban greening. In Durban, on the east coast of South Africa, rooftop greening practices are gaini...

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Main Author: Clive Greenstone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Research and Postgraduate Support Directorate 2023-06-01
Series:African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies
Subjects:
urban greening
green roofs
green infrastructure
urban heat island (UHI)
climate change mitigation
Online Access:https://journals.dut.ac.za/index.php/ajims/article/view/1057

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