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

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E. Burszta-Adamiak
W. Fialkiewicz


Keywords : green roof, green infrastructure, incentives, benefits, European cities
Abstract

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.

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Burszta-Adamiak, E., & Fialkiewicz, W. (2019). A review of green roof incentives as motivators for the expansion of green infrastructure in European cities. Scientific Review Engineering and Environmental Sciences (SREES), 28(4), 641–652. https://doi.org/10.22630/PNIKS.2019.28.4.58
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