Climate Change and Cultural Heritage: A Race against Time

by Peter F. Smith

Book Overview

History reveals how civilisations can be decimated by changes in climate. More recently modern methods of warfare have exposed the vulnerability of the artefacts of civilisation. Bringing together a range of subjects - from science, energy and sustainability to aesthetics theory and civilization theory - this book uniquely deals with climate change and the ensuing catastrophes in relation to cultural factors, urbanism and architecture. It links...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415660041
• ISBN13: 9780415660044
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"