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This book presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on bamboo.  It starts with an introduction to the plant’s biology, its taxonomy, habitat, morphology and growth. The cultivation of bamboo is discussed in terms of silviculture, pests and diseases, and harvesting techniques. The book is completed by a comprehensive presentation of the properties of bamboo, its utilization and its preservation. Bamboo is the fastest-growing and most versatile plant on Earth. For centuries it has played an indispensible part in the daily life of millions of people in tropical countries. In recent decades it has gained increasing importance as a substitute for timber. The book was developed as a reference text for scientists, professionals, and graduate students with a strong interest in this unique plant.

Life Sciences. --- Forestry. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Ecology. --- Life sciences. --- Forests and forestry. --- Botany. --- Sciences de la vie --- Forêts et sylviculture --- Botanique --- Transnational crime -- History. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Agriculture --- Plant Sciences --- Forestry --- Bamboo. --- Bamboo --- Bamboo work. --- Utilization. --- Bamboos --- Bambusaceae --- Bambusoideae --- Plant ecology. --- Plant science. --- Grasswork --- Woodwork --- Grasses --- Botany --- Plants --- Ecology --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Floristic botany --- Floristic ecology

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Matériau traditionnellement utilisé dans les constructions des pays chauds d'Asie et d'Amérique latine, le bambou est de plus en plus apprécié par les architectes de l'hémipshère Nord. Sa légèreté, son élasticité et sa résistance répondent à une multitude de critères, à une époque de ressources limitées, alors que le bambou abonde, et dans un contexte d'exigences écologiques. Les architectes et ingénieurs ont découvert les possibilités de ce matériau, au point de l'appliquer à des constructions comme des ponts. Ce livre est un manuel détaillé des constructions en bambou et présente une série d'exemples parmi lesquels le spectaculaire pavillon de Shanghai à l'Exposition universelle de 2010, un immeuble de garages à Leipzig en Allemagne, le Musée de la vie nomade de Mexico city et le terminal 4 de l'aéroport de Madrid fait par Richard Rogers.

Bamboo construction --- Sustainable architecture --- Bamboo --- Bamboos --- Bambusaceae --- Bambusoideae --- Grasses --- Eco-architecture --- Environmentally conscious architecture --- Environmentally friendly architecture --- Green architecture --- Green building design --- Green design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design (Buildings) --- Architecture --- Sustainable design --- Building, Bamboo --- Construction, Bamboo --- Structures, Bamboo --- Building --- Utilization --- 691.1 --- 691.12 --- Ecologische bouwmaterialen --- Bouwmaterialen; bamboe --- Architectuur; materialen --- bamboe --- bouwconstructie --- architectuur --- 691.1 Materials of organic origin --- Materials of organic origin --- Bouwmaterialen ; plantenstengels, stro, riet, bamboe --- Bamboe --- Bouwmaterialen --- Houtsoorten --- 693.2 --- Hout --- Houtproducten --- Travail du bambou --- Constructions en bambou --- Architecture durable --- Bambou --- Bois --- Construction --- Matériau végétal

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This book is intended for use both in the industry and the academia. It introduces the physical, chemical and the mechanical properties as well as the characterization of bamboo. Novel industrial applications in structural, non-structural, reinforcement, afforestation, land reclamation, environmental significance, textile, medical, geotechnical, hydraulic, food, Pulp and the paper industries are addressed in detail. Bamboo has been used for centuries as a structural material as well as in diverse engineering applications, food and medicinal purposes, especially in Asia. As a natural fiber composite, bamboo has the potential for many developments in academic and industrial research. Current literature on composites tends to focus on bamboo as a plant or solely as a structural engineering material. This book seeks to bring together these two extremes and provides a holistic resource on the subject.

Engineering. --- Polymers. --- Forest products. --- Continuum mechanics. --- Structural materials. --- Materials science. --- Ceramics. --- Glass. --- Composites (Materials). --- Composite materials. --- Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials. --- Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials. --- Wood Science & Technology. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Polymer Sciences. --- Structural Materials. --- Bamboo. --- Bamboos --- Bambusaceae --- Bambusoideae --- Grasses --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Wood. --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Materials. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Polymere --- Polymeride --- Polymers and polymerization --- Macromolecules --- Physics --- Surface chemistry --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Building materials --- Forest products --- Trees --- Timber --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Materials --- Polymers  . --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Forest production --- Botany, Economic --- Commercial products --- Raw materials --- Composites (Materials) --- Multiphase materials --- Reinforced solids --- Solids, Reinforced --- Two phase materials --- Amorphous substances --- Ceramics --- Glazing --- Ceramic technology --- Industrial ceramics --- Keramics --- Chemistry, Technical --- Clay

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This monograph aims at bringing out a comprehensive collection of information on bamboo varieties in South Asia. The main focus of this book is to address the ecological and economic significance of bamboos. Bamboo is a versatile group of plants, capable of providing ecological, economic and livelihood security to the people. In the tropics, especially the rural areas in different countries of South Asia, most of the houses are made of bamboos. In the hilly areas of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India, the tribal people take bamboo shoots as one of their major food items since prehistoric days. With palatable shoots and grass like leaves bamboo plants have also been liked by many herbivore animals, such as, elephants, the wild cattle, Indian Bison, and some species of deer. The red-panda in the Himalayas, and primates, pigs, rats and mice, porcupines, and squirrels are also incidental feeders on southeast Asian bamboos. There has been a growing awareness in recent years about the values of bamboo being an important means of economic growth and for improving the socio-economic conditions of the rural poor. Bamboo as an industrial material can substitute wood and that to at low cost. Due to increasing demand and squeezing of bamboo area the plants have been overexploited and the quality and quantity of resource alarmingly getting depleted. Besides many new bamboo based industries have come up which also urgently require uninterrupted supply of species wise bamboo resource. The south Asia region has bestowed with more than 300 bamboo species with enormous diversities at species, ecological and genetical level. A number of bamboo species are found common among countries of the region selected for various utilization potentials having wide range of ability to adjust environmental conditions of these countries and thus prioritized for cultivation. Both government and private planters in the region have started allocating funds, land and other logistics to raise large scale plantation of desired bamboo species. This book has been drafted to find out answers of the most pertinent queries based on the field observations on each of the bamboo species and knowledge learnt from the indigenous people living with bamboos in different parts of south-east and south Asian countries. This monograph would be interesting and useful to bamboo professionals, foresters, horticulturists, field level extension workers, nurserymen, planters, industrial entrepreneurs, ecologists, and valuable source of reference to the relevant researchers and students in the region. .

General ecology and biosociology --- Biology --- Plant physiology. Plant biophysics --- Botany --- Human ecology. Social biology --- Forestry --- systematische plantkunde --- sociale ecologie --- biologie --- ecologie --- botanie --- bossen --- planten --- Botany. --- Forests and forestry. --- Ecology. --- Plant Sciences. --- Forestry Management. --- Community & Population Ecology. --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Plants --- Ecology --- Ornamental grasses. --- Bamboo --- Bamboos --- Bambusaceae --- Bambusoideae --- Grasses --- Plants, Ornamental --- Plant science. --- Forestry management. --- Community ecology, Biotic. --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Forest administration --- Forest plants --- Forest resource administration --- Forest resource management --- Forest stewardship --- Forest vegetation management --- Forestry management --- Forests and forestry --- Stewardship, Forest --- Vegetation management, Forest --- Ecosystem management --- Management --- Administration --- Control --- Floristic botany