Overview
Discusses the consequences of removing trees and greenery from our towns and cities
Insights into the human relationship and the phenomenon of greening and water
Provides unique interdisciplinary research on architecture and engineering within urban areas
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Table of contents(7 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Zuzana Poórová, Zuzana Vranayová
About the authors
Zuzana Poórová is architect and assistant professor at the Institute of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University in Kosice. She is specialized in green infrastructures - green roofs and walls and their retention qualities in terms of city urbanism, heat island and climate change. Focusing on current issues such as sponge city.
Zuzana Vranayová is professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University in Kosice, Department of Building Services. She is conducting various researches on her major field of study of water supply and drainage system in buildings. She is also actively involved in governmental and academic institutions and committees related to her field of study as chief coordinator and board member.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Green Roofs and Water Retention in Košice, Slovakia
Authors: Zuzana Poórová, Zuzana Vranayová
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24039-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24038-7Published: 09 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24041-7Published: 09 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24039-4Published: 25 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 133
Number of Illustrations: 126 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Building Construction and Design, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Building Materials