Title & Author:

Protecting historic architecture and museum collections from natural disasters / edited by Barclay G. Jones.

Publication:

Boston : Butterworths, ©1986.

Description:

xi, 560 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Revised versions of papers given at a seminar held Mar. 29-30, 1982, at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Destruction of the cultural heritage by earthquakes and other natural disasters -- Policy issues -- Assessment of hazards and vulnerability -- Preventive measures to mitigate losses -- Emergency and rescue for structures and artifacts -- Public and private response measures.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0409900354
9780409900354

Subject:

Cultural property Protection.
Cultural property Protection United States.
Antiquities Collection and preservation.
Disasters.
Museums.
Architecture as Topic conservation & restoration.
Art conservation & restoration.
Patrimoine culturel Protection.
Patrimoine culturel Protection États-Unis.
Antiquités Collections et conservation.
Catastrophes.
Musées.
disasters.
museums (institutions)
Kulturgüterschutz
Naturkatastrophe
Aufsatzsammlung
NATURAL DISASTERS.
ANTIQUITIES.
CULTURAL PROPERTY.
CULTURAL PROPERTY PROTECTION.
United States Antiquities Collection and preservation.
États-Unis Antiquités Collections et conservation.
United States
Antiquities Preservation

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Proceedings.
Books.

Added entries:

Jones, Barclay G. (Barclay Gibbs), editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207499
Call No.: CC135 . P7 1986
Status: Available