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Habitat Effect on Urban Roof Vegetation

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  • Emrah Yalcinalp

    (Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Forestry, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon 61080, Turkey)

  • Selva Ozveren

    (Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Forestry, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon 61080, Turkey)

  • Alperen Meral

    (Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Agriculture, Bingol University, Bingol 12000, Turkey)

  • Muberra Pulatkan

    (Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Forestry, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon 61080, Turkey)

  • Sefa Akbulut

    (Department of Forest Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon 61080, Turkey)

Abstract

Urban growth has been fast for decades. Because money is very important in this urban-based world, humanity focuses on economic development, and is often too busy to deal with sustainability. Therefore, in a world that is constantly changing, creating sustainable cities that contain a diverse range of habitats supporting plant establishment is essential. Some surprising urban habitats in which plants can grow, such as cracks on pavements and walls, rocky areas, abandoned places and roofs might be extremely important for sustainability, while urban spaces are under artificial pressure. In this study, which suggesting a method to create more sustainable green roofs for urban areas, and considering roof vegetation is already important for supporting the ecology of urban areas, we surveyed 37 roofs in an urban part of Trabzon city focusing on the habitat effect. We found 51 plant species growing on these 37 roofs, and determined five different roof vegetation typologies in the research area. The main goal in any artificial green roof is to cover roof surfaces with vegetation, and success is considered a perfect coverage rate. We found roof surface size, species richness, size of the sunlit part, daily sunlight duration, and depth of the substrate are the most effective habitat attributes on vegetation coverage on rooftops in the research area.

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  • Emrah Yalcinalp & Selva Ozveren & Alperen Meral & Muberra Pulatkan & Sefa Akbulut, 2017. "Habitat Effect on Urban Roof Vegetation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-13, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:9:y:2017:i:11:p:1985-:d:117018
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    Cited by:

    1. Sonja Knapp & Sebastian Schmauck & Andreas Zehnsdorf, 2019. "Biodiversity Impact of Green Roofs and Constructed Wetlands as Progressive Eco-Technologies in Urban Areas," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(20), pages 1-26, October.
    2. Alperen Meral & Nermin Başaran & Emrah Yalçınalp & Ezgi Doğan & Mehmet Kıvanç Ak & Engin Eroğlu, 2018. "A Comparative Approach to Artificial and Natural Green Walls According to Ecological Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-16, June.
    3. Sri Yuliani & Gagoek Hardiman & Erni Setyowati, 2020. "Green-Roof: The Role of Community in the Substitution of Green-Space toward Sustainable Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-14, February.

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