Modern Bamboo Structures

<p>Bamboo materials are well available in the world. Bamboo has much shorter maturity than trees thus can be harvested with shorter cycles of plantation. Despite the fact that human society has a long history of using bamboo there is still a lack of modern and industrialized application of bamboo materials in construction. Promoting the application of bamboo in construction could provide a potential solution to the sustainable green and environment-friendly development of construction industry.</p><p>Modern Bamboo Structures is the first of its kind covering the applications of bamboo materials in modern structures. These proceedings of the First International Conference on Modern Bamboo Structures (ICBS-2007 Changsha China 28-30 October 2007) include the state-of-the-art on materials design analysis testing manufacturing construction of modern bamboo structures. <em>Modern Bamboo Structures </em>will be essential for researchers engineers and administrators involved in structural engineering civil engineering agriculture engineering forestry environmental engineering and urban development.</p>