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| Rooftop gardens: | Rooftop gardens: | ||
| - | * Cool and shade buildings reducing the 'heat island' | + | |
| - | * Retain and utilize rainwater, provide wildlife habitat and enhance the roof membrane life | + | * Retain and utilize rainwater, provide wildlife habitat and enhance the roof membrane life |
| - | * Have an aesthetic appeal creating a private haven | + | * Have an aesthetic appeal creating a private haven |
| - | * Remove heavy metals such as cadmium, copper, and lead from runoff. | + | * Remove heavy metals such as cadmium, copper, and lead from runoff. |
| - | * Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the air quality by trapping and absorbing nitrous oxides, volatile organic compounds and airborne particulate matter | + | * Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the air quality by trapping and absorbing nitrous oxides, volatile organic compounds and airborne particulate matter |
| - | * Overcome the problem of restrictive land prices and with other vertical sufaces of a building infact create more land. | + | * Overcome the problem of restrictive land prices and with other vertical sufaces of a building infact create more land. |
| - | * Are better off with respect to pests, vandalism and theft as compared to community gardens on land. | + | * Are better off with respect to pests, vandalism and theft as compared to community gardens on land. |
| Some interesting developments: | Some interesting developments: | ||
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