CONTENTS : PART ONE.- THE BAMBOO PLANT 1 THE PLANT 2 BAMBOO FLOWERING 3 TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION OF BAMBOOS IN WORLD 4 BAMBOO ECOLOGY - SILVI CUTURE 5 PESTS AND DISEASES IN LIVING AND FELLED BAMBOOS PART 2 - BAMBOO PROPERTIES 6 PHYSICAL - MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES PART 3 - BAMBOO HANDICRAFTS 7 MANUFACTURE OF BAMBOO WARES PART 4 - BAMBOO TREATMENTS AGAINST INSECTS AND FUNGI 8 RULES FOR IMPROVING THE NATURAL DURABILITY OF BAMBOOS PART 5 - MANUFACTURE OF SINGLE AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS DERIVED FORM BAMBOO 9 MANUFACTURE OF SINGLE BAMBOO MATERIALS 10 MANUFACTURE OF BAMBOO COMPOSITE MATERIALS 11 CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES REINFORCED WITH BAMBOO FIBERS PART 6 - BAMBOO CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES 12 SOME BASIC RULES FOR USING BAMBOO IN CONSTRUCTION 13 HOUSE CONSTRUCTION - FOOTINGS 14 BAMBOO WALLS 15 ROOF STURCTURES 16 PREFABRICATION OF BAMBOO HOUSE PART 7 - CONSTRUCTION OF BAMBOO STRUCTURES 17 CONSTRUCTION OF BAMBOO SCAFFOLDINGS (KNOT-TYING) 18 BAMBOO SPATIAL STRUCTURES 19 STRUCTURES GENERATED BY NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL DEFORMATION OF LIVING CULMS 20 THE EFFECT OF EARTHQUAKE FORCES ON BAMBOO BUILDINGS PART 8 - THE BAMBOO CULTURE IN THE AMERICAS AND ASIA 21 ANCIENT AND MODERN USES OF BAMBOO IN THE AMERICAS 22 TRADITIONAL BAMBOO ARCHITECTURE IN ASIA PART 9 - APPLICATION OF BAMBOO IN DIFFERENT FIELDS OF ENGINEERING 23 BAMBOO IN THE FIELD OF AERONAUTICS 24 BAMBOO IN THE FIELD OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 25 BAMBOO IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL ENGINEERING 26 BAMBOO IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 27 BAMBOO IN THE FIELD OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING 28 BAMBOO IN THE FIELD OF NAUTICAL TECHNOLOGY 29 BAMBOO IN THE FIELD OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 30 BAMBOO IN THE FIELD OF TEXTILES 31 BAMBOO IN THE FIELD OF WEAPONS PART 10 - BAMBOO IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE 32 ANCIENT AND MODERN USES OF BAMBOO IN MEDICINE 33 OTHER USES OF BAMBOO IN DIFFERENT FIELDS BIBLIOGRAPHY 537