Protecting Historic Architecture and Museum Collections from Natural Disasters
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Protecting Historic Architecture and Museum Collections from Natural Disasters

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Protecting Historic Architecture and Museum Collections from Natural Disasters

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Protecting Historic Architecture and Museum Collections from Natural Disasters serves as a useful guide for professionals engaged in the preservation of cultural heritage, whether structures or artifacts. This book discusses how to prevent losses to the cultural heritage of structures and artifacts through more knowledgeable protection, prevention, and emergency response. Organized into six sections encompassing 26 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the mechanisms for preserving and protecting the heritage. This text then examines the threats of destruction by the natural elements such as decay, air pollution, subsidence, and other forms of attrition. Other chapters consider the social functional and economic values of the buildings and museum objects. This book discusses as well the natural disaster policies within a society. The final chapter deals with the enlistment of the private sector in dealing with catastrophes rising out of fire, earthquake, flood, and other natural disasters. This book is a valuable resource for conservation specialists, archivists, private collectors, dealers, curators, and librarians.

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Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2014
ISBN
9781483278278
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Infrastructure
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Protecting Historic Architecture and Museum Collections from Natural Disasters
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. SECTION I: Destruction of the Cultural Heritage by Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters
  7. SECTION II: Policy Issues
  8. SECTION III: Assessment of Hazards and Vulnerability
  9. SECTION IV: Preventive Measures to Mitigate Losses
  10. SECTION V: Emergency and Rescue Measures for Structures and Artifacts
  11. SECTION VI: Public and Private Response Measures
  12. APPENDIX A: Multi-Hazard Ratings of Counties by States for the United States
  13. APPENDIX B: Bibliography on Natural Disasters
  14. APPENDIX C: PROGRAM Seminar on the Protection of Historic Architecture and Museum Collections from Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters
  15. APPENDIX D: List of Authors
  16. Index