IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v4y2012i10p2639-2649d20654.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Sustainable Technology Research and Demonstration Center for Earth Structures

Author

Listed:
  • Judy Ueda

    (MU Design Inc., 176-0026, Tokyo, Japan)

  • Minoru Ueda

    (MU Design Inc., 176-0026, Tokyo, Japan)

Abstract

This is a discussion paper that the authors presented at the International Workshop on Rammed Earth Materials and Sustainable Structures and Hakka Tulou Forum 2011: Structures of Sustainability, 28–31 October 2011, Xiamen University, China. A Sustainable Technology Research and Demonstration Center for Earth Structures is proposed to study, preserve, advance, promote, and implement rammed earth structures. The Center concept including the objectives, scope of activities and benefits of the proposed center are outlined. The Center for Alternative Technology in Wales, UK has been examined as a good base model along with a few successful environmental sustainability initiatives in China. The funding options to establish the proposed center have been discussed. The breadth of activities ultimately depends on funding capability. It is believed that the proposed center development will require significant government support at the initial stage but once corporate sponsorships are in place, the proposed center will potentially become self-supporting. The strategies, for the establishment of the proposed center are also addressed.

Suggested Citation

  • Judy Ueda & Minoru Ueda, 2012. "Sustainable Technology Research and Demonstration Center for Earth Structures," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 4(10), pages 1-11, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:4:y:2012:i:10:p:2639-2649:d:20654
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/10/2639/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/10/2639/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:4:y:2012:i:10:p:2639-2649:d:20654. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.