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Green Roofs and Water Retention in Košice, Slovakia

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Authors:
  1. Zuzana Poórová

    1. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia

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  2. Zuzana Vranayová

    1. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia

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  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Questionnaire

    • Zuzana Poórová, Zuzana Vranayová
    Pages 1-37

  3. Climate Change Is Not a Threat of Future, It Is Already Happening Now

    • Zuzana Poórová, Zuzana Vranayová
    Pages 39-58

  4. Heat Islands

    • Zuzana Poórová, Zuzana Vranayová
    Pages 59-68

  5. Colors

    • Zuzana Poórová, Zuzana Vranayová
    Pages 69-80

  6. Košice

    • Zuzana Poórová, Zuzana Vranayová
    Pages 81-95

  7. Modeling Košice Heat Islands Map

    • Zuzana Poórová, Zuzana Vranayová
    Pages 97-108

  8. Modeling Košice Green Roofs Map

    • Zuzana Poórová, Zuzana Vranayová
    Pages 109-128

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 129-133
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About this book

This book discusses how climate change and heat islands are a main contributor to water related problems in urban areas in Košice, Slovakia. Green roofs are used as a tool to assist in solving these water related issues. The need to provide housing in urban areas is expected to rise to 66% in 2050, according to the United Nations. Many urban areas have seen natural permeable green areas replaced with concrete constructions and hard, non-permeable surfaces. The densification of existing built-up areas is responsible for the decreasing vegetation, which results in the lack of evapotranspiration cooling the air, thereby creating urban heat islands. Several studies, discussed in this book, have shown that natural and permeable surfaces, as in the case of green roofs, can play a crucial role in mitigating this negative climate phenomenon and providing higher efficiency for buildings, leading to savings such as water, one of the focal points of this research.

Authors and Affiliations

  • 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.


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