Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters

H @ R 2007 Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters Risk Preparedness and the Limits of Prevention Kulturerbe und Naturkatastroph ...

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Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters Risk Preparedness and the Limits of Prevention Kulturerbe und Naturkatastrophen Möglichk ...

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InternatIonal CounCIl on MonuMents and sItes ConseIl InternatIonal des MonuMents et des sItes Consejo InternaCIonal de MonuMento ...

Heritage at risK Special Edition a publication of ICOMOS—International Council on Monuments and Sites PRESIDENT: Michael Petzet ...

Contents Inhalt Michael Petzet Foreword Vorwort ................................................................................ ...

6 Contents josef Štulc: The 2002 Floods in the Czech republic and their Impact on Built Heritage ......................... 133 T ...

The ICoMos Heritage at risk series, which began publi- cation in 2000 and is now also available over the internet, makes evident ...

8 German national Committee of ICoMos extends its appreciation to the German Federal Government Com- missioner for Cultural affa ...

Mankind’s cultural works have always been threatened not only by the ravages of time and by our own interventions, but also by n ...

10 Thomas Will, Hans-Rudolf Meier (historic buildings, historic cities and open spaces, cul- tural landscapes) is by nature part ...

Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters: Risk Preparedness and the Limits of Prevention 11 decision makers.4 This pioneering eC ...

12 Thomas Will, Hans-Rudolf Meier sion beyond highly specialized or regional aspects and ensure an interdisciplinary and interna ...

Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters: Risk Preparedness and the Limits of Prevention 13 yet systematically interrelated, find ...

14 Thomas Will, Hans-Rudolf Meier By the same token, historical knowledge developed from everyday experience regarding exposure ...

Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters: Risk Preparedness and the Limits of Prevention 15 buildings. In practice, however, they ...

16 Thomas Will, Hans-Rudolf Meier pendant, of a society’s need for security. even though life safety must be given first priorit ...

Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters: Risk Preparedness and the Limits of Prevention 17 Monument and transience The built cul ...

18 Thomas Will, Hans-Rudolf Meier as »casualty buildings« that could be readily replaced after the seldom but foreseeable event ...