Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Urban Cultural Heritage

• Other Authors: Aktas, Yasemin D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: The arts; historic buildings; risk assessment; WDR; resilience; sustainability; extreme value analysis; heritage values; energy efficiency; thermal comfort; heritage conservation; original features; system dynamics; social practices; decision-making; historic building; durability; performance; life cycle analysis; land-use; tropics; urban microclimate; built heritage retrofit; energy-efficient retrofit policy; conservation policy; UK; Turkey; earthquakes; fire; floods; historic sites; landslides; museums; insects; sea level rise; typhoons; visitors; extreme events; climate projection; Central Europe; ProteCHt2save; climate risk indices; heritage climatology; cultural heritage safeguarding; preparedness; energy-efficient retrofit; historic residential buildings; energy consumption prediction; heritage buildings; lithotype; salt weathering; kaolinisation; microcracking; weather events; cultural heritage; urban planning; climate change; n/a
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue titled "Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Urban Cultural Heritage" hosted at the Atmosphere journal. This topic has been chosen in light of cities' ever-growing role and immense potential in the climate adaptation and mitigat...