Green Roofs in the City of Groningen: Municipal Policy and Benefits

Groningen municipality focuses on the potential of green roofs. The dataset likely contains policy documents outlining the advantages of green roofs, such as water buffering, cooling buildings, and improving psychological well-being, as well as considerations for costs and maintenance. The data originates from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze municipal policy incentives for green infrastructure based on subsidy programs mentioned in the description.
• Model urban heat island mitigation based on the cooling benefits of green roofs described.
• Assess stormwater management strategies based on the water buffering capacity of green roofs.
• Study the cost-benefit trade-offs of sustainable construction based on the described higher installation costs versus long-term benefits.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from an official government ministry, suggesting authoritative policy information.
• The description explicitly lists multiple environmental and social benefits of green roofs for analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

City of Groningen, Netherlands