Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Resources Threatened by Climate Change

• Main Author: Bertolin, Chiara (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Central America; typical and extreme weather conditions; indoor air quality; climate modelling; mineralogy; adaptation; degradation; decay; exposure tests; mortars; experimental research; preventative conservation; heritage materials; moisture transport; damage functions; wood; medieval buildings; mechanical decay; long-term monitoring; climate change; stable isotopes; mitigation; Norwegian protected buildings; preventive conservation; relative humidity; cultural heritage; built heritage; mitigation actions; salt climatology; conservation; outdoor climate; built cultural heritage weathering; indoor climate; environmental impact; hygrothermal simulation models; surface recession; biomass accumulation; zero status; masonry; Scandinavian countries; ?13C; measurements; climate variations; chemical decay; warning report; salt crystallisation; climate change scenarios; ?18O; management; depositions on marble; biological decay
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With its wide spectrum of data, case studies, monitoring, and experimental and numerical simulation techniques, the multidisciplinary approach of material, environmental, and computer science applied to the conservation of cultural heritage offers several opportunities for the heritage science and c...