
Hygrothermal Risk on Building Heritage
A Methodology for a Risk Map
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 19. May 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 60 pages
978-3-319-19113-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a critical review of a criterion of risk, created to assess the flood risk to heritage buildings, and evaluates this criterion by applying it to the sample Portuguese heritage buildings. In a first approach, the total number of potential parameters is effectively reduced and the selected criteria are divided into two different groups: the monument's location in relation to a waterway, and the behaviour of its construction material in contact with water.Above all, the book discusses the importance of architectural heritage and argues for the need to safeguard it from extreme climatic phenomena such as floods. As such, the book vividly reminds the scientific community that the intensification of the global warming and climate change will worsen throughout the 21st century, and that it is therefore necessary to adopt preventive measures to minimize, mitigate and control these adverse effects if we hope to avoid catastrophic consequences.At the same time, the book takes into account a broad range of scientific and engineering disciplines, such as civil engineering and architecture, offering a synthesis of the current state of knowledge to benefit and guide experts and practitioners in related fields.
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Series
Edition
2015 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
34 s/w Abbildungen, 1 farbige Abbildung
XII, 60 p. 35 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
125 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-19113-3 (9783319191133)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-19114-0
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

João M.P.Q. Delgado | Ana Sofia Guimarães | Vasco Peixoto de Freitas
Hygrothermal Risk on Building Heritage
A Methodology for a Risk Map
E-Book
05/2015
1st Edition
Springer
€53.49
Available for download
Content
Introduction.- Hygrothermal Risk.- Numerical Simulation Applied to Drying Out Buildings after a Flood.- Risk Map of Portuguese Building Heritage.- Conclusions and Recommendations.