Bamboo for Sustainable Development : : Proceedings of the Vth International Bamboo Congress and the Vith International Bamboo Workshop, San José, Costa Rica, 2-6 November 1998 / / editors, Arun Kumar, I.V. Ramanuja Rao, and Cherla Sastry.

• Superior document: Inbar Proceedings Series ; Volume 7
• Author: International Bamboo Congress San José, Costa Rica)
• TeilnehmendeR: Kumar, Arun; Ramanuja Rao, I. V.,; Sastry, Cherla B.,; International Bamboo Workshop (6th : 1998 : San José, Costa Rica)
• Place / Publishing House: Zeist, The Netherlands : : VSPBV,, [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: INBAR proceedings ; Volume 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Bamboo is a plant that occurs over much of the World. It is probable that billions of the World's population see, eat and touch bamboo every day. Bamboo contributes significantly to the income generation of many poor farmers. Yet it is an "orphan" crop - largely ignored by the main landholding agencies - forestry and agriculture. This volume contains most of the papers presented at the joint Fifthth International Bamboo Congress and Sixth International Bamboo Workshop held in San José, Costa Rica, 1998, organized by the International Bamboo Association (IBA) and INBAR. The book is divided into four parts: Bamboo Resources and Socio-economics; Bamboo Propagation and Management; Bamboo Engineering and Construction; Bamboo Design and Utilization. The topics covered include varied aspects of bamboo, such as: from bamboo resources of Mexico to bamboos of Ethiopia; from bamboo afforestation of a mined area to bamboo as a food and fiber alternative in an island; from bamboo drippers to bamboo wheelchairs; from teaching architecture with bamboo to an international building code for bamboo; from silviculture of Guadua bamboo to flowering of Moso bamboo; and many more. This publication serves to highlight the usefulness of bamboo in aiding developing countries in their sustainable social, economic and environmental development.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Section 1: Resources and Socio-economics -- The two bamboos of Ethiopia -- Indian bamboos in early 21st century -- Bamboo: A natural resource of infinite capabilities -- The geographical distribution of Vietnambamboo forests -- Fifteen years of bamboo integrated development in Costa Rica: A personal view -- Evaluation of bamboo resources in Latin America -- Bamboo in latin America: Present situation and projection for the 21st century -- Native species of bamboo in Mexico -- Native and exotic bamboos of Cuba -- Prospects and challenges of bamboo industries in Malaysia in the 21st century -- The bamboo industry of China: Looking back and ahead -- Bamboo as an alternative material to timber in Malaysia: Yield, production and utilization -- Bamboo industrialization in the context of sustainable development -- Economic reforms, bamboo production and local economy: A case study of Linan County, Zhejiang Province, China -- Bamboo-dependent livelihood patterns of fishing communities: A case study of the West Coast of India -- Earthquakes, poverty and bamboo -- Bamboo craft development: A tool for the development of tribal and rural communities -- Industrialized handicraft (In-Hand): The Abra experience -- Section 2: Bamboo Propagation and Management -- Culm characteristics of two bamboos in relation to age, height and site -- Dynamical analysis on endogenous phytohormones of Phyllostachys pubescens during its growth and development from shoot to young culm -- Pattern of mass-loss and nutrient accumulation and release in leaf litter in Phyllostachys pubescens (moso bamboo) stands -- Moisture content of two Malaysian bamboos in relation to age, culm height, site and harvesting month -- A study on the effects of inoculating associated nitrogen-fixing bacteria on moso bamboo seedlings.

Photoperiodic and hormonal control of growth and proliferation in seedlings of some bamboos -- Characteristics of three giant bamboo species in Brazil -- Studies on microbial diversity and their activity in soil under bamboo plantation -- Diseases and disorders of bamboos in Asia -- Technology for large-scale propagation of bamboo through aerial seeding -- Micropropagation of woody bamboos: from biotechnological dream to commercial reality -- Flowering of Phyllostachys pubescens and germination of caryopses -- Control of in vitro flowering in Bambusa bambos from multiple shoots and somatic embryos -- Plant regeneration via indirect organogenesis in callus derived from young leaves of Dendrocalamus giganteus -- Origin and development of embryogenic callus, somatic embryos and secondary somatic embryogenesis in Dendrocalamus strictus -- Development of sustainable supply and use of tropical bamboos -- Criteria for the selection and management of bamboo shoot species for Australia -- Analysis of growing parameters in the vegetative propagation of Bambusa vulgaris, Gigantochloa apus and Guadua chacoensis in the neotropics -- Prospects of research on sustainable management techniques of bamboo forests in China -- Starting a commercial bamboo plantation in the Yucatan jungle -- Silviculture of guadua bamboo in Costa Rica -- Bamboo plantation on a land after shifting cultivation in Laos -- Section 3: Bamboo Construction and Engineering -- Effects of smoke drying as a pretreatment for bamboo -- Preservation of bamboo for the construction of houses for low-income people -- Preliminary study on the drying of bamboo (Bambusa blumeana) in a wood waste-fired kiln -- A structural jointing system for bamboo -- Adaptation of wood machining processes for glued bamboo board production -- Plybamboo sheets as housing construction material.

Bamboo mat composite panel - A potential construction material -- Industrialized use of bamboo in structures -- Development of bamboo tension structures -- Use of bamboo as structural material in flooring slabs -- Mechanical structure of bamboo based on natural, functionally graded materials -- Testing of a bamboo school building using tilting table -- Physico-mechanical evaluation of mineralized particles in bamboo-Portland cement composite -- The development of non-traditional bamboo technologies in Costa Rica -- Industrial bamboo-based panels in China -- Modular system for bamboo house construction -- Bamboo: A viable alternative for popular housing -- Methodologies and processes for the construction of bamboo houses -- Application of bamboo in construction in China -- Use of bamboo in the huts of rural Mexico -- Potential of bamboo for building construction in Western India -- Hyperbolic paraboloid shelters and retractable structures -- A model to predict strength properties of bamboo -- International standard on properties of bamboo -- Production of a manual on testing methods for the use of bamboo in engineering applications -- International building code for bamboo -- Section 4: Bamboo Design and Utilization -- Design technology, training and marketing (DTTM) link for survival of bamboo craft in the 21st century -- Teaching architecture with bamboo -- Holistic relationship between humankind and environment through bamboo -- Simple mechanical processes and tools for the efficient and environment-friendly manufacture of high-quality Guadua products -- Exponent moderation of shape in plants -- Rehabilitation of mined areas through bamboo afforestation: A case study -- Use of bamboo in silk industry -- Bamboo: A cellulosic and energy raw material -- Potential of producing biofuels from bamboo.

Bamboo: Alternative food and fiber crop for the Pacific Northwest -- Bamboo for sewage treatment: A sustainable strategy -- Control of beach erosion using bamboo -- A bamboo wheelchair for the developing world -- Bamboo drippers for sub-surface irrigation systems -- Bamboo as a water conductor: Hydraulic characteristics -- Wine from the bamboo species Oxytenanthera braunii -- Bamboo processing in forestry and industry sectors -- Bamboo furniture construction using Guadua -- Japanese bamboo crafts: A sample of bamboo's history -- Application of bamboo in sculptural forms -- Portable research laboratory for learning with living models -- Bamboo and aeronautics: The past and future -- Some bamboo uses in Indonesia.