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Costs and Benefits of Green Tramway Tracks
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SYSNO ASEP 0537732 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve SCOPUS Title Costs and Benefits of Green Tramway Tracks Author(s) Jakubcová, E. (CZ)
Horváthová, Eva (UEK-B) RID, SAI, ORCIDNumber of authors 2 Source Title Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica. - : Česká zemědělská univerzita - ISSN 1211-3174
Roč. 51, DEC (2020), s. 99-106Number of pages 7 s. Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords urban greenery ; green infrastructure ; vegetated tram tracks ; sedum ; czech republic Subject RIV AP - Urban, Regional and Transport Planning OECD category Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7) R&D Projects GA20-18261S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Method of publishing Open access Institutional support UEK-B - RVO:86652079 EID SCOPUS 85099438405 DOI 10.2478/sab-2020-0012 Annotation In recent decades, green tramway tracks have still more often been installed in many cities as an alternative to standard rails placed on concrete sleepers or grooved rails since the vegetated tracks are beneficial to urban dwellers. In this article, we summarize and compare the benefits of grass and low-maintenance tramway tracks and link them with their investment and maintenance costs in two Czech cities. We conclude that grass surfaces offer a slightly higher rainwater retention capacity, while the rest of the benefits are similar for grass and low-maintenance surfaces. The investment costs are also similar, however, the maintenance costs are 30× higher for grass surfaces than for the low-maintenance ones. Workplace Global Change Research Institute Contact Nikola Šviková, svikova.n@czechglobe.cz, Tel.: 511 192 268 Year of Publishing 2021 Electronic address https://sab.czu.cz/en/r-8049-current-issue/costs-and-benefits-of-green-tramway-tracks.html
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