Design and Performance of a Wetland-Inspired Green Bulkhead and a Grassland-Inspired Green Wall

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dc.contributor.advisorKangas, Patrick Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorStanley, Lelaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Science and Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-17T05:36:55Z
dc.date.available2015-07-17T05:36:55Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractGreen walls are technologies that provide benefits to the human, natural, and built environments including building shading and cooling, aesthetics, and habitat. Using natural ecosystems as templates, it should be possible to design green walls to provide enhanced ecological functions and play a role in urban reconciliation ecology. This thesis describes the design and performance of two types of green wall drawing inspiration from Mid-Atlantic ecosystems. The first, a wall modeled on Chesapeake Bay brackish marshes, was operated in the Baltimore Harbor for five months and successfully replicated some conditions of wetlands including supporting the growth of native macrophytes throughout the growing season. Notably, this model is the first functional green wall designed for an urban waterfront. The second design tested native grass survival in a dry grasslands-inspired green wall model. In this model, which was moisture-limited with a very shallow substrate, both planted grass species gave way to an invasion of volunteer species.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2W62J
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16809
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEcologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEcological designen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUrban waterfront designen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWetlandsen_US
dc.titleDesign and Performance of a Wetland-Inspired Green Bulkhead and a Grassland-Inspired Green Wallen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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