Towards a green sustainable strategy for Mediterranean cities: Assessing the benefits of large-scale green roofs implementation in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece, using environmental modelling, GIS and very high spatial resolution remote sensing data

Marinos Karteris, Ifigeneia Theodoridou, Giorgos Mallinis, Emmanouel Tsiros and Apostolos Karteris

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016, vol. 58, issue C, 510-525

Abstract: In the Mediterranean area, rural abandonment and the rapid urbanisation after the 1950׳s have led to complex environmental problems, such as the exploitation of natural resources, the environmental pollution and the rapid increase of greenhouse gas emissions. Especially the unrestrained urban growth caused excessive pressure on the existing infrastructure, which affects buildings, public transportation, road networks, water quality, waste collection and public health.

Keywords: Green roofs; Urban environment; GEOBIA; Remote sensing; Large-scale energy consumption; Carbon sequestration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.11.098

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