Project Profile: Vertical Green 2.0
Vertical greening for liveable cities – innovation to facilitate the breakthrough of an old concept
Who?
| Principal Investigators: | Dr. Thomas Nehls, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany |
| Partners: | Dr. Ulrike Pitha, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien - Ingenieurbiologie und Landschaftsbau, Austria Dr. Chung-Kee Yeh, National Taiwan University - Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, Chinese Taipei Dr. Eva Paton, Technische Universitaet Berlin - Fachgebiet Ökohydrologie und Landschaftsbewertung Damjana Gantar, Urban planning institute of the Republic of Slovenia / Urbanisticni inštitut Republike Slovenije, Slovenia DI. Doris Schnepf, Green4Cities GmbH, Austria |
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What?
| Full Project Title: | Vertical greening for liveable cities – innovation to facilitate the breakthrough of an old concept |
| Full Call Title: | Nexus2016 |
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Why?
| Project Objective: | The objectives of this project are as follows: • What are the needs, preferences and prejudices towards vertical green? What are the unsolved problems? • How can we design sustainable vertical green? (Water & nutrients, acceptance & participation, profitability) • What is the city-wide impact of vertical green under realistic distribution scenarios? How much vertical green do we want? |
| Call Objective: | The Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI)/Food-Water-Energy Nexus is a joint call established in order to bring together actors to find innovative new solutions to the Food-Water-Energy Nexus challenge. The ultimate goal is to increase the access and the quality of life. |
Where?
| Regions: | Asia, Europe |
| Countries: | Chinese Taipei |
When?
| Duration: | 36 months |
| Call Date: | December 9, 2016 |
| Project Award Date: | February 15, 2018 |
