The Effect of Landscape Architecture on Climate Change

Nazanin Nafici (1), M. F. M. Zain (2)
(1) Department of Architecture, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
(2) Department of Architecture, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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Nafici, Nazanin, and M. F. M. Zain. “The Effect of Landscape Architecture on Climate Change”. International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology, vol. 2, no. 2, Apr. 2012, pp. 183-5, doi:10.18517/ijaseit.2.2.181.
Permanent environmental influences such as sun, fog, acid rain can destroy structures, buildings and the environment. Improving the quality of urban environment with utilizing green roof and green facades is illustrated for several years and installing them can offer multiple benefits. A detailed integrated presentation of green roof and green facade systems is provided in this paper. The aim of the research is to illustrate the effect of green faí§ade and green roofs and generally greenery structure on the climate changes. The author tries to find a solution for the climate changes and environmental issues and resolving it by above- mentioned landscape architecture methods.

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