# overview
Bruce Dvorak, FASLA, is a Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning at Texas A&M University. He conducts research and teaches sustainable site design, planning and construction. Bruce is a member of the Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Research Committee and editorial member of the Journal of Living Architecture. In 2009, Professor Dvorak established the Interdisciplinary Green Roof Research Group at Texas A&M University. Professor Dvorak has published extensively on green roofs and conducts research on green roof and living wall plant viability and biodiversity.

Dvorak is editor of a new book, Ecoregional Green Roofs: Theory and Application in the Western USA and Canada. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-58395-8

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B.L.A. Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

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University of Minnesota - (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States)

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States)

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Green Roofs in Fraser Lowland and Vancouver Island Ecoregions

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Bioretention, Low Impact Development, and Stormwater Management

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Green Roofs in Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregions

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Theoretical Development of Ecoregional Green Roofs

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Chemistry of growth medium and leachate from green roof systems in south-central Texas

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Natives for Nutrition and Healing: Green Roof Plants with a Purpose

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Designing and Planting Climate Resilient Green Roofs

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Seeding Green Roofs with Regional Vegetation in the Southern Plains

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Water and Plants for Wet, Mesic, or Xeric Green Roofs

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Substrate Loss is Minimal in Vegetated and Un-vegetated Extensive Roof Modules Over a 14-Month Period

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Green roof vegetation for North American ecoregions: A literature review

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Planting Green Roofs For Extreme Heat and Drought

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Learning how to make the right material choices, without compromising sustainability

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Landscape Performance: Quantified Benefits and Lessons Learned from a Treatment Wetland System and Naturalized Landscapes

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Green Roofs in Willamette Valley Ecoregions

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The Role of Green Roofs on Microclimate Mitigation Effect to Local Climates in Summer

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Ecoregional Green Roofs Theory and Application in the Western USA and Canada

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Green Roofs in Intermontane Semi-Arid Grassland Ecoregions

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Grasses: Living Roofs for Native Pollinators Part III

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Urban Agriculture Case Studies in Central Texas: From the Ground to the Rooftop

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"Green fields" present new challenges [3]

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Plant species survival on three water conserving green roofs in a hot humid subtropical climate

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Sustainable green roofs: a comprehensive review of influential factors.

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Plant species survival on three water conserving green roofs in a hot humid subtropical climate

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Green Roofs in California Coastal Ecoregions

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Wildflowers: Planting Living Roofs for Native Pollinators Part II

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Re-innovating Green Roofs for Biodiversity: Seven Steps

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Green roofs in sustainable landscape design by Steven L. Cantor Steven L.CantorGreen Roofs in Sustainable Landscape Design2008W.W. Norton & CompanyNew York978-0-393-73168-2Color photographs, color illustrations, black-and-white line drawings, hardcover, 352 pp, Price USA $69.95 and CAN. $77.00.

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Event size, substrate water content and vegetation affect storm water retention efficiency of an un-irrigated extensive green roof system in Central Texas

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Rooftop temperature reduction from unirrigated modular green roofs in south-central Texas

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Native plant establishment on a custom modular living wall system in a humid subtropical climate

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GREEN ROOF GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

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Waves of green: Landscape architects make big impact in Washington

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Four Approaches to Making Living Roofs With Native Plants

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Ecoregional Green Roofs, Infrastructure, and Future Outlook

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Green Roofs in Shortgrass Prairie Ecoregions

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Green Roofs in Desert Southwest Ecoregions

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Planting Living Roofs for Native Pollinators (Part I: Sedums)

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Plant establishment on unirrigated green roof modules in a subtropical climate

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S.K.WeilerK.Scholz-BarthGreen Roof Systems: A Guide to the Planning, Design, and Construction of Landscapes Over Structure2009John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Hoboken, NJ313 pp., Black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and line drawings, hardcover, Price: NA, ISBN: 978-0-471-67495-5

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Cooling Effects of a Modular Living Wall System in a Humid Subtropical Climate

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Texas A&M University; Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning; 3137 TAMU

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Ferrer Garcia, Eduardo R (2014-07). Comparison of the Perception of Facility Managers on Green Roofs Attributes and Barriers to their Implementation. Master's Thesis.

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Ecoregional Green Roofs: Theory and Application in the Western USA and Canada