Concrete: From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future BISAC-EDU041000 ISBN10: 3907582586

ISBN10: 3907582586

She's got to get tough

Have you always felt like the old man

and those pondering a teaching career

Can\'t get enough

Concrete: From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future BISAC-EDU041000 ISBN10: 3907582586A fascinating history of the carbon footprint of our concrete world from ancient Roman architecture to urban cityscapes and the trouble it spells for sustainability amidst rapid climate change For readers of The Sixth Extinction and The Uninhabitable Earth, Concrete explores the history of a material that has been central to architecture and design for thousands of years and what its future looks like in a world experiencing rapid climate change.