The rooftop garden is the future of cities

One of the historical sources relates that Semiramide, Queen of Sheba in the time of King Solomon, had ordered plants from her homeland to be planted in her palace. The irrigation of these hanging gardens was brilliantly designed despite the difficulties.

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The man has been interested in nature for millennia. These days our cities have become concrete jungles or the smallest piece of greenery has become of enormous value. Real estate is too expensive especially in the city center, and reserving land for public gardens becomes difficult or even impossible. The solution for this urban problem is the construction of a rooftop garden or a green roof of buildings. This type of rooftop garden is frequently seen in developed countries, such as the United States of America, Japan, Germany and others. In big cities like New York the expensive apartments (penthouse) are houses on the roofs of large buildings surrounded by vegetation for recreational and decorative purposes.

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This kind of rooftop garden can have huge interests for biodiversity in the cities, the vegetation is a source of oxygen but also can act as thermal insulator for the roof. The choice of plants and plans also has a great effect on the rooftop garden in terms of environmental impact. European laws are in force to classify buildings and their impacts on the environment by classifying them according to ecological criteria which will make the cities of the next years can be a large rooftop garden.

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