Publicomos

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Réf.

42073

Type

chapter

Titre

The protection of monuments against air pollution

Langues

English

Auteurs

Livingston, Richard A.

Lieu de publication

Washington

Pays de publication

United States

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS United States

Date

1987

Pages

p. 371-378

Titre de la source

Old cultures in new worlds. 8th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium. Programme report - Compte rendu

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 8th General Assembly: Old Cultures in New Worlds

Lieu de conférence

Washington D.C., United States

Date de conférence

10-15 October 1987

Mots-clés

air pollution / threats / damage / conservation of historic monuments / causes of deterioration / effects of deterioration / inventories / protection of historic monuments

Résumé en anglais

Since the beginning of the industrial revoulution, a new hazard, air pollution, has been added to the list of threats to architectural monuments. In many countries, this agent of deterioration has displaced frost, salts and earthquakes as the principal threat to architecture.

URL

http://international.icomos.org/publications/wash50.pdf

Document joint

wash50.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)