Mitigating Urban Heat Island Through Green Roofs
Roozbeh Arabi1 * , Mohd Fairuz Shahidan2 , M.S. Mustafa Kamal2 , Mohamad Fakri Zaky Bin JA AFAR1 and Mehdi Rakhshandehroo2
1
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture,
Universiti Putra Malaysia,
Serdang,
43400
Selangor, Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
2
Department of Landscape, Faculty of Design and Architecture,
Universiti Putra Malaysia,
Serdang,
43400
Selangor, Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.10.Special-Issue1.111
One of the key measures to fight urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is by increasing the use of green approaches including green technologies and vegetation. However, there is a shortage of available space for establishing greening elements due to high density of urban development and high cost of urban land. By using green roofs, the hottest spots of a city can be mitigated. Further advantages of green roofs include mitigating air pollution, improving management of run-off water, improving public health and enhancing the aesthetic value of the urban environment. This paper reviewed, analyzed, and discussed previous literature on green roofs and their role in alleviating UHI. Previous researches acknowledged the ability of green roofs in UHI mitigation. This paper recommends using green roofs as a main strategy for decreasing the harmful impacts of UHI especially the high air temperatures as well as their ability to add to the greening of cities.
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Arabi R, Shahidan M. F, Kamal M. S. M, Jaafar M. F. Z. B, Rakhshandehroo M. Mitigating Urban Heat Island Through Green Roofs. Special Issue of Curr World Environ 2015;10(Special Issue May 2015). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.10.Special-Issue1.111
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Arabi R, Shahidan M. F, Kamal M. S. M, Jaafar M. F. Z. B, Rakhshandehroo M. Mitigating Urban Heat Island Through Green Roofs. Special Issue of Curr World Environ 2015;10(Special Issue May 2015). Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org/?p=10172
