Bamboo as a building material alternative for Western Europe? A study of the environmental performance, costs and bottlenecks of the use of bamboo (products) in Western Europe

Journal of Bamboo and Rattan

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-223

  Van Der Lugt, P ^a   Van Den Dobbelsteen, A ^a   Abrahams, R ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NIBE Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Costs; Environmental performance; Failure factors; LCA (Life Cycle Assessment); Success factors; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348160082     PISSN: 15691586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156915903322555513     Document Type: Article

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