Concrete and the Environment
Concrete and the Environment
Concrete and the Environment
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<strong>Concrete</strong> <strong>and</strong> The <strong>Environment</strong><br />
Urbanization<br />
• At <strong>the</strong> beginning of <strong>the</strong> 20 th Century, approximately ten<br />
percent of <strong>the</strong> people lived in cities; in <strong>the</strong> year 2001 nearly<br />
three of <strong>the</strong> six billion inhabitants live in <strong>and</strong> around <strong>the</strong> cities.<br />
P.K. Mehta <strong>and</strong> P.J.M. Monteiro, <strong>Concrete</strong>: Microstructure, Properties, <strong>and</strong> Materials