Main entry:

Stovel, Herb.

Title & Author:

Risk preparedness : a management manual for world cultural heritage / Herb Stovel.

Publication:

Rome : ICCROM, 1998.

Description:

xiii, 145 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
"ICCROM, UNESCO, ICOMOS, WHC"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
The importance od risk preparedness for cultureal heritage -- Principles of risk-preparedness for cultural heritage -- Developing a sound approach to risk-preparedness for cultural heritage property -- Developing property-specific strategies to improve risk-preparedness for cultural heritage -- Fire -- Earthquakes and related disasters -- Flooding -- Armed conflict -- Other hazards -- Putting risk-preparedness into practice -- Guideliness for developing site-specific preparedness plans -- Improving risk-preparedness for cultural heritage at the national level -- Sources.

Summary:

Risk-preparedness is a critical part of a wiser use of our cultural environments. Risk analysis and mitigation ensure better use of scarce resources and optimal conditions for extending the life of cultural property. A cultural-heritage-at-risk framework offers those concerned with the conservation of the built environment the chance to fully root their efforts in a concern for the preventive for the first time in the history of the movement.

ISBN:

9290771526
9789290771524

Subject:

Historic buildings Conservation and restoration Government policy.
Historic sites Conservation and restoration.
Historic preservation.
Cultural property Protection.
World Heritage areas.
Risk assessment.
Risk Assessment
Monuments historiques Conservation et restauration Politique gouvernementale.
Lieux historiques Conservation et restauration.
Préservation historique.
Sites du patrimoine mondial.
Évaluation du risque.
historic preservation.
World Heritage Sites.
risk assessment.
Kulturgüterschutz
Buildings - Security.
Disasters.
Emergency management.
Fire prevention.
Museums - Disaster planning.
Museums - Security.
Safety measures.
Security measures.

Added entries:

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 203670
Call No.: NA105 .S76 1998
Status: Available