Sustainable structures: Bamboo standards and building codes

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 189-196

  Gatóo, Ana ^a   Sharma, Bhavna ^a   Bock, Maximilian ^a   Mulligan, Helen ^b   Ramage, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; Codes of practice standards; Structures design; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BAMBOO PRODUCTS; CODES AND STANDARDS; CODES OF PRACTICE; INTERNATIONAL CODES; NATURAL PRODUCTS; SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURE;

BAMBOO;

EID: 84912526163     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ensu.14.00009     Document Type: Article

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