Green Roofs - Living Architecture Monitor - Fall 2019 - 20

EDITORIAL
REVIEW BOARD
Editor-in-chief: Dr. Reid Coffman
(Kent State University)
Associate Editor: Dr. Jennifer Bousselot
(Colorado State University)
Associate Editor: Dr. Tobias Emilsson
(Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Dr. Brad Bass
(Environment Canada)
Dr. Robert Berghage
(Penn State University)
Dr. Maureen Connelly
(British Columbia Institute of Technology)
Dr. Nigel Dunnett
(University of Sheffield)

The Journal of Living Architecture (JLIV) is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the
Green Infrastructure Foundation. The JLIV is written, reviewed, and edited by living
architecture research professionals, sharing with their colleagues: successful educational
applications, original research findings, scholarly opinions, educational resources and
challenges on issues of critical importance to living architecture professionals and educators. The JLIV is published exclusively in the Living Architecture Monitor magazine and
online at livingarchitecturemonitor.com. The magazine publishes the abstracts of each
published JLIV manuscript, with a link to the full paper online.

Bruce Dvorak, MLA
(Texas A&M University)
Barry Lehrman, MArch/MLA
(California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona)
Dr. J. Scott MacIvor
(University of Toronto)
Thomas O'Connor, MSE
(US Environmental Protection Agency)
Dr. Bill Retzlaff
(Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
Dr. Bradley Rowe
(Michigan State University)
Virginia Russell, GRP, MLA
(University of Cincinnati)
Dr. Sabina Shaikh
(University of Chicago)
Dr. Richard Sutton
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Dr. David Tilley
(University of Maryland)

Volume 6 Number 1 Pages 62-81

AN ECOMIMICRY DESIGN APPROACH FOR EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOFS
Caroline Nash1,*, Mihaela Anca Ciupala2, Dusty Gedge3, Richard Lindsay4, Stuart Connop5
Research Assistant, Sustainability Research Institute (SRI), University of East London, UK
Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, Computing & Engineering, University of East London, UK
3
Director, Green Infrastructure Consultancy, UK
4
Head of Environmental & Conservation Research, SRI, University of East London, UK
5
Senior Research Fellow, Sustainability Research Institute, University of East London, UK
*corresponding author: c.nash@uel.ac.uk

Extensive green roofs (EGRs) have been promoted as a multifunctional urban green
infrastructure (UGI) solution that can ameliorate some of the negative environmental
effects associated with urbanisation and provide habitat for wildlife. To date ecological
EGR research remains limited, yet studying and understanding the ecology and ecological processes of these novel urban ecosystems could maximise their potential to conserve
biodiversity and deliver multiple ecosystem services to urban areas. Here we present
an overview of how a novel 'ecomimicry' approach can be used to ensure that locally
important habitats are created and restored as part of urban green infrastructure strategies, and that biodiversity is embedded at the heart of EGR design. This can help urban
developments meet sustainability targets and contribute to the goal of no-net-loss of
biodiversity. Conserving urban biodiversity through ecomimicry will increase opportunities for urban communities to reconnect with nature and improve the quality of life for
people in cities.

Dr. Youbin Zheng
(University of Guelph)

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editorial review board or submitting
manuscripts, contact Dr. Reid Coffman
at rcoffma4@kent.edu

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