In the future we will design cities for nature and the countryside for people…
At the moment we don’t even really design cities for people…we design cities for…
Berkeley Homes Aspiration for Net Gain in their new developments
Berkeley Homes Aspiration for Net Gain in their new developments
Nature-based Solutions in the Urban Realm from green roofs November 9th 2017
Dusty Gedge - Green Infrastructure Consultancy Ltd European Federation of Green Roofs and Green Walls
Do nature-based solutions deliver meaningful biodiversity?
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Small green roof guide
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Are green roofs nature based solutions? Can they deliver meaningful biodiversity?
Does meet the GRO minimum
Biodiverse - ‘brown’ roof
Tension - brick and biodiversity
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Green Roofs
Interlinking Benefits
Amelioration of stormwater Reduction in the Urban Heat Island
What •
Two main types of green roofs
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Intensive
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Extensive –
Sedum
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Biodiverse
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Brown
Intensive •
Parks and gardens on roofs
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Urban food growing would be intensive
Extensive Green Roofs - this is the ‘problem’ area
‘Brown’ ROofs
What a bad idea!!!!
License to dump ‘crap’ on roofs
Brown Roofs - Biodiverse Roofs • Have tried to move ecologists away from brown roofs • Biodiverse green roof is provides same ecological benefit • Should be verifiable in terms of substrate and plants • Less maintenance
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Let’s weave a solar biodiversity story
• CombinINg technologies
Biosolar roofs
Green roofs and biodiversity • Can designed green roofs for specific species especially birds and invertebrates • A general wildflower and sedum seeded and planted green roof can deliver OPEN-MOSIAC HABITAT • Intensive green roofs should be design 50% native and 50% non-native of known wildlife value
Are green walls naturebased solutions and can they deliver biodiversity?
Rain Gardens
Designing for Nature and Naturebased solutions •
Nature-based solutions don’t necessarily deliver meaningful biodiversity
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Designing for nature on buildings is not product based - requires ecological input and design
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Off the shelf solutions tend not to deliver the
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