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Green Roof Substrates

Green Roof Substrates is a specialized growing medium formulated to support vegetative growth on rooftop surfaces by integrating lightweight, mineral-based materials with organic components to ensure adequate drainage, water retention, and structural compatibility with built environments.

279

Publications

14.8K

Citations

790

Authors

293

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

158

Variants

Green Roof Growing Media

Parents

Publications

279

Green Roofs as Urban Ecosystems: Ecological Structures, Functions, and Services

Erica Oberndorfer, Jeremy Lundholm, Brad Bass et al. · BioScience · 2007 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Carbon Sequestration Potential of Extensive Green Roofs

Kristin L. Getter, D. Bradley Rowe, G. Philip Robertson et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2009 · 408 citations

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Green roofs for a wide brown land: Opportunities and barriers for rooftop greening in Australia

Nicholas S. G. Williams, John Rayner, Kirsten J. Raynor · Urban forestry & urban greening · 2010 · 291 citations

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How “green” are the green roofs? Lifecycle analysis of green roof materials

Fabricio Bianchini, Kasun Hewage · Building and Environment · 2011 · 283 citations

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Green Roof Design: State of the Art on Technology and Materials

Stefano Cascone · Sustainability · 2019 · 252 citations · Full text

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Authors

790

  1. DB
    D. Bradley Rowe

    Michigan State University, United States

    15 publications · 1.7K citations

    15

    h-index

  2. PA
    Panayiotis A. Nektarios

    Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

    12 publications · 488 citations

    12

    h-index

  3. NN
    Nikolaos Ntoulas

    Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

    11 publications · 432 citations

    11

    h-index

  4. NS
    Nicholas S. G. Williams

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    9 publications · 687 citations

    9

    h-index

  5. JR
    John Rayner

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    8 publications · 904 citations

    8

    h-index

1–5 of 790

Institutions

293

  1. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    16 h-index

    51 publications

    6.5K citations

  2. Agricultural University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    15 h-index

    57 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    39 publications

    4.5K citations

  4. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    11 h-index

    45 publications

    3.8K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    44 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. University of East London

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    560 citations

  7. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    7 h-index

    24 publications

    653 citations

  8. Chiba University

    Chiba, Japan

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    620 citations

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Venues

  1. Ecological Engineering

    39 publications · 2.2K citations

    27

    h-index

  2. Urban forestry & urban greening

    22 publications · 1.1K citations

    18

    h-index

  3. The Science of The Total Environment

    15 publications · 704 citations

    14

    h-index

  4. Sustainability

    10 publications · 531 citations

    10

    h-index

  5. HortScience

    9 publications · 858 citations

    9

    h-index

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