GOING GREEN: COSTS AND BENEFITS OF LIVING ROOFS ON BUS SHELTERS IN AUCKLAND
Stormwater Conference 2023
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C. Bebelman (Auckland Transport), S. Ira (Koru Environmental), R Simcock (Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research), L. Shamrock (Pattle Delamore Partners)
ABSTRACT
Urbanisation can lead to the removal of integral eco-system services, reduce the accessibility, quality, and quantity of greenspaces, fragment habitats and exacerbate the impact of climate change, reducing the resilience of communities to its effects. Coupled with a large and increasing proportion of urban populations there is a distinct need to regenerate nature in urban settings, a goal aligned with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; Sustainable Cities and Communities (11), Life on Land (15), and Health and Wellbeing (3), and is also strongly supported throughout C40 Cities, of which Auckland is one.
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