The importance of earthen construction materials lies in their widespread availability
combined with a low embodied energy. Chemical stabilizers are commonly used to improve …

This study reviews the fundamental mechanisms of biological soil improvement methods—
microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) and biopolymer treatment (BPT) …

Recently, chitosan biopolymer has attracted several research attentions in
geoenvironmental applications such as absorption of heavy metals in contaminated soils …

Earth building is experiencing a renaissance due to the emerging recognition of the damage
the construction industry is doing to the global environment. Research over the past three …

Recently, biopolymers have emerged in soil stabilisation. The efficiency of biopolymers in
ground improvement is mainly dependent on biopolymer types, soil types, biopolymer …

Earthen construction materials are of great importance in terms of having natural and
sustainable properties. Bio-stabilization of earthen construction is defined as the products or …

It has become general practice to stabilize earthen materials with chemical binders, since
one of their main weaknesses is their lack of durability. The most commonly used stabilizer …

In the last decade, biopolymers have been used as organic soil binders in ground
improvement and earthen construction material modification. Although biopolymer-treated …

In the past decade, there has been an increase in the environmental performance
assessment in earth construction through the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. A …

The polymer industry develops materials with excellent physical and mechanical properties
but also with a large volume of waste with very low degradability. Therefore, the objective of …