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Air pollution and conservation : safeguarding our architectural heritage
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ISBN: 0444871314 Year: 1988 Publisher: Amsterdam Elsevier

The effects of air pollution on the built environment
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ISBN: 1281865893 9786611865894 184816128X 9781848161283 9781860942914 1860942911 1860942911 Year: 2003 Publisher: London River Edge, NJ Imperial College Press Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.

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Air pollution damages materials, but it has changed dramatically in the past century, with a reduction in the concentration of corrosive primary pollutants in urban atmospheres. At the same time, architectural styles and types of materials have changed, as we have moved to more organically rich, photochemically active atmospheres. Contemporary air pollutants have the potential to degrade organic coatings and polymers, which are of great importance to modern structures, while increasing amounts of fine diesel soot spoil the simple lines and smooth areas characteristic of many modern buildings


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Aspects of stone weathering, decay and conservation : proceedings of the 1997 Stone Weathering and Atmospheric Pollution Network Conference (SWAPNET '97), the Robert Gordon University, 15-17 May 1997
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ISBN: 1783263431 9781783263431 1860941311 9781860941313 Year: 1999 Publisher: London, [England] : Imperial College Press,

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"This book brings together papers by scientists, conservators and building surveyors active in stone decay and conservation research within the UK. It addresses issues of stone weathering, mechanisms and rates, the effects of urban pollution, cleaning methods, and the role of the conservator within research. The concepts regarding the value of stone heritage are also discussed as an important aspect towards retaining our diverse building heritage."Page [4] of cover.


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Analysis of the life cycle of a built environment
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ISBN: 1634855337 9781634855334 9781634855006 1634855000 Year: 2016 Publisher: New York : Nova Publishers,

On weathering : the life of buildings in time.
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ISBN: 026263144X 0262132915 9780262631440 9780262132916 Year: 1993 Publisher: Cambridge (Mass.) MIT press

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On Weathering illustrates the complex nature of the architectural project by taking into account its temporality, linking technical problems of maintenance and decay with a focused consideration of their philosophical and ethical implications.In a clear and direct account supplemented by many photographs commissioned for this book, Mostafavi and Leatherbarrow examine buildings and other projects from Alberti to Le Corbusier to show that the continual refinishing of the building by natural forces adds to, rather than detracts from, architectural meaning. Their central discovery, that weathering makes the "final" state of the construction necessarily indefinite, challenges the conventional notion of a building's completeness. By recognizing the inherent uncertainty and inevitability of weathering and by viewing the concept of weathering as a continuation of the building process rather than as a force antagonistic to it, the authors offer alternative readings of historical constructions and potential beginnings for new architectural projects.

Building pathology : deterioration, diagnostics, and intervention
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ISBN: 0471331724 9780471331728 Year: 2001 Publisher: New York, NY [u.a.] Wiley


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Conservation of stone and other materials : proceedings of the International RILEM/UNESCO Congress "Conservation of Stone and Other Materials--Research-Industry-Media", held at UNESCO headquarters, Paris, with the cooperation of ICCROM ... [et al.],
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ISBN: 0419188401 0419188509 0419184104 Year: 1993 Publisher: London E&FN Spon


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The Effects of Air Pollution on Cultural Heritage
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ISBN: 1461497892 0387848924 9786612288388 1282288385 0387848932 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer,

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This book examines the impact of air pollution on cultural heritage materials, which is a serious concern because it can lead to loss of important parts of our history and culture. Damage includes corrosion, bio-degradation and soiling. In recent years, there have been major changes in both the sources and amounts of emissions of air pollution that have altered the rate and extent of building damage. The book reviews the sources of the air pollutants responsible for building damage and the mechanisms involved. Studies investigating the relationships between pollution concentration (dose) and the resulting damage (response) are described and the latest research findings for dose-response functions presented. Trends in pollutant emissions, ambient concentrations and changes in building damage over time are discussed and future predictions presented.. Procedures for estimating the economic implications are described and the consequences are discussed in detail, because economic factors are important for reaching policy and management decisions at local, national and international scales. An important part of the economic evaluation relies on having reliable estimates of theactual amounts of material that need to be considered - the stock at risk. This estimation is difficult for heritage materials, since the buildings and monuments involved are very varied in size, shape, age and composition. The most up to date studies are presented, with a number of case studies to show how this subject may be approached. Damage to cultural heritage buildings is an important effect of air pollution, which needs to be considered as current air quality standards, largely based on health effects, are revised. The factors which will need to be brought into the assessment, including potential ways to address the fact that there is no general consensus on what might be considered a tolerable or acceptable rate, are presented. Finally, a range of possible strategies and methods for conservation and maintenance, as required by building managers, is described and a number of case studies presented. This book combines the results of recent research with practical information and provides an important reference manual for researchers, policy makers, economists and historic building managers working in the field of cultural heritage protection.

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Air -- Pollution. --- Buildings -- Protection. --- Weathering of buildings. --- Air --- Buildings --- Weathering of buildings --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Environmental Engineering --- Pollution --- Protection --- Protection. --- Building deterioration, External --- Building weathering --- Deterioration of buildings, External --- Building damage prevention --- Building protection --- Protection of buildings --- Weathering --- Damage prevention --- Environment. --- Cultural heritage. --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- City planning. --- Building repair. --- Environmental management. --- Air pollution. --- Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution. --- Cultural Heritage. --- Environmental Management. --- Urbanism. --- Building Repair and Maintenance. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Repair and reconstruction. --- Exterior walls --- Building failures --- Environmental protection. --- Architecture. --- Building construction. --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Property --- World Heritage areas --- Environmental quality management --- Protection of environment --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental policy --- Environmental quality --- Government policy --- Design and construction --- Buildings—Repair and reconstruction. --- Building reconstruction --- Building renovation --- Building repair --- Reconstruction of buildings --- Remodeling of buildings --- Renovation of buildings --- Maintenance --- Repairing --- Architecture --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Air contaminants --- Air pollutants --- Air pollution --- Air pollution control --- Air toxics --- Airborne pollutants --- Atmosphere --- Contaminants, Air --- Control of air pollution --- Pollutants, Air --- Toxics, Air --- Air quality --- Atmospheric deposition --- Reconstruction --- Remodeling --- Renovation --- Conservation and restoration --- Control

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