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Department of Environmental and Geographical Science
Extensive green roof design in the City of Cape Town : barriers and opportunities for developing a green industry
Abstract
dc:description.abstractIn today's world of increasing energy costs and rapid ecosystem service decay, a result of direct human disturbance from development, habitat loss and fragmentation and the increasing frequencies of extreme weather events, it is critical that building practices in the next decade adopt a more adaptive and holistic approach to building design.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Department of Environmental and Geographical Science
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Armstrong, James Taylor
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Ziervogel, Gina
Rights
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10042
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10042