Saving Our Architectural Heritage: Conservation of Historic Stone Structures (Dahlem Environmental Sciences Research Reports) (Hardcover)

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This book will identify gaps in our knowledge of the deterioration mechanisms for treated and untreated historically important stone. It will suggest innovative approaches to the study of deterioration mechanisms and novel remedial measures for treated and untreated historically important stone.

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It has become obvious that public policy will play a critical role in determining what portion of our architectural heritage will be passed on to future generations and what portion will be lost to deterioration, development, and natural hazards. In developed nations, as much as 10% of the built environment is deemed of sufficient cultural and historic importance to be given local or national listing. At the international level, UNESCO maintains a World Heritage List that includes many stone monuments. While the past two decades have witnessed a growing body of research devoted to understanding the fundamental mechanisms of damage to stone and to developing strategies for the conservation of stone, virtually no research has been conducted on the quantification of the economic role of stone buildings and structures as well as the valuation of cultural property.
In order to introduce the tools and methods of economic analysis to the public policy debate on the preservation of cultural property, a multidisciplinary team of physical scientists worked with social scientists to explore how societal, economic, and ethical considerations might be integrated with technological options to lead to inf