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“ Imagine a building like a tree… A city like a forest ”

“ Imagine a building like a tree… A city like a forest ”. Urban Environmental Planning. Land-use classification for extensive vegetative roof acreage potential in The Bronx. Offers acreage for a range of urban uses. Recreation Agriculture Rainwater harvesting Micropower

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“ Imagine a building like a tree… A city like a forest ”

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  1. “Imagine a building like a tree… A city like a forest”

  2. Urban Environmental Planning Land-use classification for extensive vegetative roof acreage potential in The Bronx

  3. Offers acreage for a range of urban uses • Recreation • Agriculture • Rainwater harvesting • Micropower • In the form of generators, windmills, etc.

  4. Mitigate urban environmental problems • Storm water runoff • Combined sewage overflows • Sources of water pollution • Urban heat island effect • Air pollution

  5. Economically viable & Little restrictions • Load-bearing: • Soil can be very shallow • Low maintenance, drought resistant succulents & low- growing plants • Roof slope: • Flat roofs with 5-20 degree slopes work best, but 20-40 degree slopes still work.

  6. No longer a question of why and how, but when and where? urban areas

  7. lot area vs. roof area

  8. Excluded paved roads for parking

  9. Acreage equivalent to 2 Central Parks

  10. Next steps: Use data satellite imagery to identify the areas with the worst Urban Heat Islands Effects and pollution problems that come from that.

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