The use of vertical greening has an important impact on the thermal performance of buildings and on the effect of the urban environment, in both summer and winter. Plants are functioning as a solar filter and help to prevent ...

Around 300 000 people were killed by the tsunami that followed the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake on Boxing Day 2004, making it one of the worst disasters in modern history. Up to 40 000 died in Sri Lanka alone, where around ...