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Restoration of Buildings and Monuments

Materials science, Conservation of architectural heritage, Sustainable construction

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Volume 21, Issue 2-3

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Preventive Conservation of Historic Buildings

Koenraad Van Balen
Published Online: 2015-06-09 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rbm-2015-0008

Abstract

Preventive Conservation is argued to improve preservation of heritage at large. The UNESCO chair on Preventive Conservation, monitoring and maintenance of monuments and sites (PRECOM3OS) has pushed research and collaboration to understand the nature of preventive conservation in the field of built heritage. The study of the concepts and practices of prevention in public health helps to understand the systemic nature of prevention and how they can be transferred to the conservation world.

Keywords: maintenance; monitoring; preventive conservation; public health

Web sites

  • www.monumentenwacht.be (Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen)Google Scholar

  • www.monumentenwacht.nl (Monumentenwacht The Netherlands)Google Scholar

  • precomos.org (PRECOMOS UNESCO chair)Google Scholar

  • www.sprecomah.eu (Seminars on Preventive Conservation and monitoring of the architectural heritage)Google Scholar

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Published Online: 2015-06-09

Published in Print: 2015-06-01


Citation Information: Restoration of Buildings and Monuments, Volume 21, Issue 2-3, Pages 99–104, ISSN (Online) 1864-7022, ISSN (Print) 1864-7251, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rbm-2015-0008.

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