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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299814303321

Autore

Delgado João M.P.Q

Titolo

Hygrothermal Risk on Building Heritage : A Methodology for a Risk Map / / by João M.P.Q. Delgado, Ana Sofia Guimarães, Vasco Peixoto de Freitas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-19114-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (68 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology, , 2191-530X

Disciplina

720.47

Soggetti

Building materials

Geotechnical engineering

Environmental management

Climate change

Building Materials

Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences

Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management

Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Hygrothermal Risk -- Numerical Simulation Applied to Drying Out Buildings after a Flood -- Risk Map of Portuguese Building Heritage -- Conclusions and Recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

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.