Publicomos

Notice (permalien)

Réf.

42101

Type

chapter

Titre

Between two earthquakes: the management of cultural property in seismic zones

Langues

English

Auteurs

Feilden, Bernard M.

Lieu de publication

Washington

Pays de publication

United States

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS United States

Date

1987

Pages

p. 582-589

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

seismic areas / earthquakes / risk preparedness / risk management / protection of cultural heritage / post-disaster situation / management / conservation of historic monuments / seismic surveys / causes of deterioration / effects of deterioration / prevention of deterioration

Résumé en anglais

Earthquakes are different in degree from most other disasters in their capacity to kill almost instantaneously due to lack of warning and in their extensive damage to cultural property often augmented by fire, looting and water damage. Administrators, by taking steps for disaster preparedness can reduce the damage that occurs in an earthquake and this means saving lives. By rapid decissions after an earthquake they can save historic buildings from the ravages of the weather which can more than treble the initial damage.

URL

http://international.icomos.org/publications/wash78.pdf

Document joint

wash78.pdf

Licence

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