Towards an Eco-Compatible Origin of Construction Materials. Case Study: Gypsum

Autor: Juan F. Mota, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, Francisco J. Pérez-García, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández, Encarnación Merlo
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: New Metropolitan Perspectives ISBN: 9783030482787
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48279-4_117
Popis: To be considered “sustainable”, a city must be built with materials whose extraction and processing are not very aggressive with the environment and its ecological footprint palliated as much as possible. One of the materials most used in construction is the plaster. The gypsum outcrops, although traditionally have been poorly valued, have geomorphological and especially floristic values. In fact, to the point that the bushes that are developed on them have been declared priority habitats No. 1520 of the EU.
Databáze: OpenAIRE