Application of Plants of Adaptability to Karst in Green Building

Concrete is the most common material used in buildings and its performance is improving. The plant-growing concrete was developed for conveniently greening. The plant species to able to grow in the plant-growing concrete was few. The habitat of plants grown in the plant-growing concrete is very simi...

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Published inApplied Mechanics and Materials Vol. 71-78; pp. 523 - 525
Main Authors Wu, Yan You, Zhu, Yong Li, Zhao, Hong Peng, Zhao, Kuan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Zurich Trans Tech Publications Ltd 01.07.2011
Subjects
Plant-Growing Concrete
Karst
High Calcium
Adaptability
Low Nutrition
Green Building
Drought
High Ph
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Summary:Concrete is the most common material used in buildings and its performance is improving. The plant-growing concrete was developed for conveniently greening. The plant species to able to grow in the plant-growing concrete was few. The habitat of plants grown in the plant-growing concrete is very similar to Karst soil environment. The plants of adaptability to Karst were adapted to the Karst stresses of high calcium and pH, low nutrition and drought. The plant-growing concrete combined with the plants of adaptability to Karst can apply in ecological slope protection, roads and roofs greening, and vertical greening. The vertical greening by the plant-growing concrete combined with the plants of adaptability to Karst will enlarge the green areas, beautify the cities and increasing landscape diversity.
Bibliography:Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2011 International Conference on Green Building, Materials and Civil Engineering, (GBMCE 2011), Shangri-La, China, August 22-23, 2011
ISBN:9783037852033
3037852038
ISSN:1660-9336
1662-7482
1662-7482
DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.71-78.523