Green Roof Inventory and Potential Analysis

Abstract

The new remote sensing technology for the identification of already existing Green Roofs and potential Green Roof sites provides municipalities with the opportunity to use this data for sustainable urban planning decisions in the field of urban climate modelling, drainage system calculation and biodiversity networks. Furthermore, this technology is carried out automatically - which is a great asset with respect to current approaches based on photointerpretation or even in situ surveys by experts – once provided with new suitable imagery, it allows easy and straightforward updates.