Engineering geology in shaping and preserving the historic urban landscapes and cultural heritage: Achievements in UNESCO world heritage sites

Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8: Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-28

  Margottini, Claudio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cultural heritage; Diagnosis; Engineering geology; Historic urban landscape

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; DIAGNOSIS; EARTH (PLANET); ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; WEATHERING;

CULTURAL HERITAGES; CULTURAL PROPERTIES; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS; INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE; MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES; UNESCO WORLD HERITAGES; UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL , SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION; URBAN LANDSCAPE;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84944615034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09408-3_1     Document Type: Chapter

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