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Research in urban practice · No. 52 · 2014–2015 project · 2020 record
Green-roof research in Bogotá’s bus-shelter evidence
Urban green infrastructure · Bogotá, Colombia
- Role
- Co-author of research cited in the project report
- Host
- DADEP public-space observatory · project by Sustentar Soluciones Verdes
- Country
- Colombia
- Report
- Techos verdes sobre paraderos de bus de Bogotá
- Research co-authors
- Umberto Berardi, Amir Ghaffarianhoseini and Ali GhaffarianHoseini
- Evidence
- Project rationale and final-report introduction; reference 1
Research reaching street-level infrastructure
In Bogotá, a practical study of green roofs on bus shelters draws on Professor Amir’s green-roof review. The report, held by the city’s public-space authority DADEP, cites the review in its explanation of environmental benefits and rainwater retention.
Evaluating greener public space
The project by Sustentar Soluciones Verdes installed 28 green-roof bus shelters and studied eight across four parts of the city. Its fieldwork covered pollution, rainwater and public responses. The research took place in 2014–2015; the DADEP project record carries signatures dated August 2020. Professor Amir’s contribution is through the cited research, alongside the project team’s independent design and fieldwork.
Research and coauthor credit
State-of-the-art analysis of the environmental benefits of green roofs — Umberto Berardi; AmirHosein GhaffarianHoseini; Ali GhaffarianHoseini. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.10.047
