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  • Front Cover; Science, Technology and European Cultural Heritage; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; SCIENZA, TENOLOGIA E PATRIMONIOEUREPEO; SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND EUROPEAN CULTURAL HERITAGE; THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITYIN THE PROTECTION OF EUROPEAN CULTURAL HERITAGE; PART I: OVERVIEW PAPERS; CHAPTER 1. THE STATE OF EUROPE'S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE; A PERSONAL VIEW; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CAUSES OF DECAY; 3. ADMINISTRATION OF OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE; 4. SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT; 5. REGULAR INSPECTIONS; 6. BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
  • 7. EXAMPLES OF SPECIAL PROBLEMS REQUIRING RESEARCH8. BUILDING MATERIALS; 9. COMPATIBLE INTERVENTIONS; 10. BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS; 11. NEW MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES; 12. MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORK; 13. TRAINING; 14. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX I: RESEARCH NEEDS REFURBISHMENT -SUGGESTIONS BY MICHAEL BUSSELL; APPENDIX II:A CHARTER FOR TRAINING FOR CONSERVATION OF MONUMENTS AND SITES; CHAPTER 2. SCIENTISTS AND THE PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE; IS OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE THREATENED; DO SCIENTISTS HAVE A PART TO PLAY IN PRESERVATION; ARE SCIENTISTS FULFILLING THEIR ROLE
  • WHY DO SCIENTISTS MAKE SUCH A LIMITED CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROTECTION OFOUR HERITAGECHAPTER 3. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF RISKS TO CULTURAL PROPERTY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CHARACTERIZATION OF RISKS; 3. RISK MANAGEMENT; 4. QUANTIFICATION OF RISK; 5. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES AND NOTES; CHAPTER 4. ENVIRONMENT AND MICROCLIMATE; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE AND DEPOSITION; 3. EFFECTS OF RAINFALL AND MOISTURE; 4. MEASURING TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY; 5. MICROCLIMATIC FACTORS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. HISTORY OF AIR POLLUTION AND DAMAGE TO THE CULTURAL HERITAGEOF EUROPEAN CITIES
  • 1. THE RELEVANCE OF AIR POLLUTION HISTORY2. SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON AIR POLLUTION HISTORY; 3. AN OUTLINE OF AIR POLLUTION HISTORY; 4. TRENDS IN AIR POLLUTION AND BUILDING DAMAGE; 5. INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; 6. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION AND ITS MEASUREMENT WITH REGARD TO AIRPOLLUTION LEGISLATION TO PROTECT MONUMENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. AIR POLLUTANT EMISSION RATES; 3. AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; 4. DEPOSITION RATES; 5. MEASUREMENT OF DEPOSITION RATES; 6. RESULTS OF DEPOSITION MONITORING; 7. PROSPECTS FOR AIR POLLUTION STANDARDS TO PROTECT MONUMENTS; REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 7. THE CULTURAL HERITAGE: CAUSES OF DAMAGE1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE CAUSES OF DAMAGE; 3. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE DETERIORATIONOF STONE MONUMENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE; 3.
  • Deterioration due to effects of the environment, modifyingthe structure of stone; 4
  • CONCLUSIONS; 5.
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 9. MODERN MICRO-ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES TO ELUCIDATE THE CAUSES ANDMECHANISMS OF DAMAGE TO CULTURAL PROPERTY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; 3. PARTICLE-INDUCED AND SYNCHROTRON-INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS