Green Infrastructures for Urban Water System: Balance between Cities and Nature
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- integrated, multi-disciplinary approaches
- pollution control, water quantity vs. quality
- operation and maintenance
- transitions processes and retrofitting
- design, optimisation and interaction with traditional system
- urban micro-climate, climate resilience, sustainability
- socioeconomics, policy
- ecosystem services, environmental benefits
- smart green infrastructure
- life cycle assessment
2. Overview of This Special Issue
2.1. Review on Multi-Purpose of Wetland Roofs
2.2. Policy, Regulations and Financial Aspects
2.3. Design, Performance Evalutaion and Long-Term Experiments
2.4. Spatial Analysis and Data Availability
3. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Sitzenfrei, R.; Kleidorfer, M.; Bach, P.M.; Bacchin, T.K. Green Infrastructures for Urban Water System: Balance between Cities and Nature. Water 2020, 12, 1456. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051456
Sitzenfrei R, Kleidorfer M, Bach PM, Bacchin TK. Green Infrastructures for Urban Water System: Balance between Cities and Nature. Water. 2020; 12(5):1456. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051456
Chicago/Turabian StyleSitzenfrei, Robert, Manfred Kleidorfer, Peter M. Bach, and Taneha Kuzniecow Bacchin. 2020. "Green Infrastructures for Urban Water System: Balance between Cities and Nature" Water 12, no. 5: 1456. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051456