Biomimicry: Natural Systems In Situ Analysis, Aimed to Rain Water Harvesting

Abstract:

Water is a valuable natural resource which poor management is making it scarce. It is this lack of care that has created a series of social and technical problems, among them, the difficulties to distribute it to every home, particularly in Mexico. In order to solve such problems, it is necessary to find alternatives for its harvesting, care, distribution and use; allowing reducing social stress and better water stewardship [1]. One option is using Biomimicry and design as tools to find innovative, sustainable solutions. This paper aims to report the initial results of the first stage from a research project currently being carried out in which two different Mexican plants of notable importance, in economic and even gastronomical terms, had been analyzed through the eyes of the Biomimicry in order to extrapolate possible solutions of water harvesting and distribution.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 572)
• Pages: 66-69
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.572.66
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Arturo Santamaría Ortega, Ricardo Victoria Uribe, Joaquin David Hernández Delgado, Sandra Alicia Utrilla Cobos, Miguel Angel Rubio Toledo, Erika Rivera Gutiérrez, Alejandro Higuera Zimbrón
• Keywords: Biomimicry, Rainharvesting, Water

References

[1] Benyus, Janine (1997). Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. New York, NY, USA: William Morrow & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-688-16099-9.

DOI: 10.1002/inst.12116

[2] Blomberg, Lennart (2000). Tequila Mezcal y Pulque: lo auténtico mexicano, ed. Diana, Inc. ISBN 968-13-3269-5.