Publications

Articles in University of Helsinki Research Portal

Articles in ResearchGate

• Mesimäki Marja, Hauru Kaisa & Lehvävirta Susanna 2019. Do small green roofs have the possibility to offer recreational and experiential benefits in a dense urban area? A case study in Helsinki, Finland. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 40: 114-124.

• Xie Long, Lehvävirta Susanna, Timonen Sari, Kasurinen Jutta, Niemikapee Juhamatti & Valkonen  Jari P. T. 2018. Species-specific synergistic effects of two plant growth—promoting microbes on green roof plant biomass and photosynthetic efficiency. PLoS ONE 13(12): e0209432.

• Mesimäki Marja, Hauru Kaisa & Lehvävirta Susanna (in press) Do small green roofs have the possibility to offer recreational and experiential benefits in a dense urban area? A case study in Helsinki, Finland. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 29: 122-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2018.10.005

• Kyrö Kukka, Brenneisen Stephan, Kotze D. Johan, Szallies Alexander, Gerner Magdalena & Lehvävirta Susanna 2017. Local habitat characteristics have a stronger effect than the surrounding urban landscape on beetle communities on green roofs. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 29: 122-130. DOI 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.11.009

• Collins Steven, Kuoppamäki Kirsi, Kotze Johan & Lü Xiaoshu 2017. Thermal behavior of green roofs under Nordic winter conditions. Building and Environment 122: 206–214. DOI 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.06.020

• Mesimäki Marja, Hauru Kaisa, Kotze Johan & Lehvävirta Susanna 2017. Neo-spaces for urban livability? Urbanites’ versatile mental images of green roofs in the Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland. Land Use Policy 61: 587-600. DOI /10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.11.021. Open access! See audio slides

• Kuoppamäki Kirsi & Lehvävirta Susanna 2016. Mitigating nutrient leaching from green roofs with biochar. Landscape and Urban Planning 152: 39-48. DOI 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.04.006
• Kuoppamäki Kirsi, Hagner Marleena, Lehvävirta Susanna & Setälä Heikki 2016. Biochar amendment in the green roof substrate affects runoff quality and quantity. Ecological Engineering 88: 1-9. DOI 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.12.010
• Gabrych Malgorzata, Kotze Johan & Lehvävirta Susanna 2016. Substrate depth and roof age strongly affect plant abundances on sedum-moss and meadow green roofs in Helsinki, Finland. Ecological Engineering 86: 95-104.
• Mesimäki Marja & Nieminen Hanna and Lehvävirta Susanna 2015. Premises of realizing novel green infrastructure in construction processes – case green roofs. The Finnish Journal of Urban Studies. Finnish Society of Urban Planning. (in Finnish with an English abstract)
• Bozorg Chenani Sanaz, Lehvävirta Susanna & Häkkinen Tarja 2015. Life cycle assessment of layers of green roofs. Journal of Cleaner Production 90, 153 - 162.
• Kallio Pasi, Lehvävirta Susanna, Mesimäki Marja (2014). The multifunctionality of green roofs and the Finnish Land Use and Building Act. Finnish environmental law review 2/2014:98–138. (Available only in Finnish, english abstract)
• Páll-Gergely Barna, Kyrö Kukka, Lehvävirta Susanna & Vilisics Ferenc 2014. Green roofs provide habitat for the rare snail (Mollusca, Gastropoda) species Pseudotrichia rubiginosa and Succinella oblonga in Finland. Memoranda Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica 90: 13–15.

In cooperation with other research groups:

• Nurmi Väinö, Votsis Athanasios, Perrels Adriaan & Lehvävirta Susanna 2016. Green Roof Cost-Benefit Analysis: Special Emphasis on Scenic Benefits. J. Benefit Cost Analysis, 1–35.
• Krebs Gerald, Kuoppamäki Kirsi, Kokkonen Teemu & Koivusalo Harri 2015. Simulation of green roof test bed runoff. Hydrological Processes. (with Aalto-university) DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10605
• Harvesting heat and heating up Fifth Dimension & Doctoral dissertation by Mikko Pervilä (University of Helsinki)
• O’Toole et al. 2016. Current and future applications for biochar. In: Shackley, Ruysschaert, Zwart & Glaser (Eds.) Biochar in European Soils and Agriculture – Science and Practice. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 253 - 280. Chapter presents various applications of biochar. Kirsi Kuoppamäki from our research group wrote about biochar in green roofs.
• Faehnle Maija, Söderman Tarja, Schulman Harry & Lehvävirta Susanna 2015. Scale-sensitive integration of ecosystem services in urban planning. Geojournal 80: 411-425. DOI: 10.1007/s10708-014-9560-z
• Nurmi Väinö, Perrels Adriaan, Votsis Athanasios, Lehvävirta Susanna 2013. Cost-benefit analysis of green roofs in urban areas: case study in Helsinki. Report of Finnish Meteorological Institute 2013:2.

• Laurila Sari, Jyrkänkallio-Mikkola Jenny, Mesimäki Marja, Kallio Pasi, Kuoppamäki Kirsi, Nieminen Hanna & Lehvävirta Susanna 2014: Normeja viherkatoille – perusteita kehittämiseen (in Finnish only) University of Helsinki, Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education
• International Scientific Meeting for Green Roof Research 16.4.2012, memo

• Vaurola Ville 2017: Nutrient leaching from green roofs: the impacts of vegetation establishment, substrate amendments, vegetation cover and time, University of Turku

• Liao Wenfei 2017: Seeking criteria for biodiversity roofs under Finnish conditions, University of Helsinki

• Collins Steven 2015: Thermal Behaviour of green roof in winter condition, Master’s Degree Programme in Multidisciplinary Studies on Urban Environmental Issues "MURE", University of Helsinki - published by Collins et al. 2017: Thermal behavior of green roofs under Nordic winter conditions in Building and Environment 122: 206-214

• Lehtovuori Laura 2015: Viherkattojen potentiaali Helsingin kaupungin vedenhallinnassa, University of Helsinki

• Nieminen Hanna 2015: Viherkattojen toteutumisen liikkumavara osana rakentamisen prosesseja - tasapainoilua kaupunkirakenteen ja -luonnon rajapinnoilla (in Finnish), University of Tampere

• Li Xuefei 2015: Impacts of biochar on improving the retention of water and nutrients by green roofs, Master’s Degree Programme in Multidisciplinary Studies on Urban Environmental Issues "MURE", University of Helsinki

• Silvennoinen Emmi 2015: The ability of green roofs to retain water in a cold climate, Master’s Degree Programme in Multidisciplinary Studies on Urban Environmental Issues "MURE", University of Helsinki

• Gelman Valeria 2014: Rooftop vegetables and urban contamination: Trace elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in crops from Helsinki rooftops, Master’s Degree Programme in Multidisciplinary Studies on Urban Environmental Issues "MURE", University of Helsinki

• Xie Long 2014: Survival of two introduced plant growth promoting micro-organisms in green roof soil in southern Finland, University of Helsinki

• Merisalo Miina 2014: Viherkattorakenteiden kehitys ja niiden soveltuvuus Suomen olosuhteisiin (in Finnish with an English abstract "Development of green roof structures and feasibility conditions in Finland"), Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

• Narayanasamy Kaarjel Kauslya 2013: Characteristics of green roofs which affect the quality and water retention capacity of stormwater runoff, Master’s Degree Programme in Multidisciplinary Studies on Urban Environmental Issues "MURE", University of Helsinki

• Piiroinen Minna 2011: Kattojen hyödyntäminen kaupunkiviljelyssä- esimerkkikohteena ravintola Savoy (in Finnish) Aalto university, School of Arts, Design and Architecture

• Hauru, Kaisa 2015: Eco-experiential quality of urban forests: combining ecological, restorative and aesthetic perspectives (University of Helsinki)