The effects of air pollution on the built environment / / editor, Peter Brimblecombe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809897103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Imperial College Press; River Edge, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2003
• ISBN: 1-281-86589-3; 9786611865894; 1-84816-128-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (449 p.)
• Collana: Air pollution reviews ; ; vol. 2
• Altri autori (Persone): BrimblecombePeter <1949->
• Disciplina: 690
• Soggetti: Air - Pollution - Environmental aspects; Weathering of buildings; Building materials - Deterioration
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS ; Contributors ; Preface ; Chapter 1 Long Term Damage to the Built Environment ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Changes in Climate ; 2.1. History of Climate ; 2.2. Freeze-Thaw Cycles ; 2.3. Storms and Precipitation ; 2.4. Biological Factors ; 3. Changes in Air Pollution; 3.1. History of Air Pollution 3.2. Early Acid Rain and Dry Fogs ; 3.3. Early Descriptions of Damage ; 3.4. Industrial Development and Pollution ; 3.5. Victorian Approaches to Damage ; 3.6. Architectural Responses ; 3.7. The Twentieth Century ; 3.8. Economic Analysis; 3.9. Archeometric Sources of Information 4. Recent Changes in Modern Pollutants and Materials ; Chapter 2 Background Controls on Urban Stone Decay: Lessons from Natural Rock Weathering ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Origins of Misconceptions ; ; 2.1. Decisions Governing Choice of Materials; 2.2. Research Bias and Accessibility 3. Process Interactions ; 4. Climatic Controls on Stone Decay ; 4.1. Temperature Controls ; 4.2. Moisture Controls ; 5. The Direct Consequences of Placing Stone Within a Building ; 6. Rates and Patterns of Decay ; 6.1. Temporal Variability; 6.2. Spatial Variability 7. Inheritance Effects ; 8. Concluding Observations and Implications for Stone Conservation ; Chapter 3 Mechanisms of Air Pollution Damage to Stone ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Damage on Stone Buildings and Monuments ; 2.1. Marble and Limestone ; 2.2. Sandstone; 2.3. Granite
• Sommario/riassunto: Air pollution damages materials, but it has changed dramatically in the past century, with a reduction in the concentration of corrosive primary pollutants in urban atmospheres. At the same time, architectural styles and types of materials have changed, as we have moved to more organically rich, photochemically active atmospheres. Contemporary air pollutants have the potential to degrade organic coatings and polymers, which are of great importance to modern structures, while increasing amounts of fine diesel soot spoil the simple lines and smooth areas characteristic of many modern buildings