A review of green roof incentives as motivators for the expansion of green infrastructure in European cities

Nowadays green roofs play a key role in alleviating the negative effects of urbanization. Despite investors awareness of the advantages of green roofs, there are still some barriers that hinder investments on a large scale. As a result a financial and non-financial incentives are implemented. The re...

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Main Authors: Ewa Burszta-Adamiak, Wiesław Fiałkiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Warsaw University of Life Sciences 2019-12-01
Series:Przegląd Naukowy Inżynieria i Kształtowanie Środowiska
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Online Access: http://iks.pn.sggw.pl/PN86/A13/art13.pdf
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Summary:Nowadays green roofs play a key role in alleviating the negative effects of urbanization. Despite investors awareness of the advantages of green roofs, there are still some barriers that hinder investments on a large scale. As a result a financial and non-financial incentives are implemented. The review presented in this paper allowed to identify the most popular initiatives and to formulate recommendations for creating incentive supporting implementation of green roofs in urban areas.
ISSN:1732-9353
2543-7496