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Conservation of monuments and historic sites is one of the most
challenging problems facing modern civilization. It involves
various cultural, humanistic, social, technical, economical and
administrative factors, intertwining in inextricable patterns. The
complexity of the topic is such that guidelines or recommendations
for intervention techniques and design approaches are difficult to
set. The Technical Committee on the Preservation of Monuments and
Historic Sites (named TC19) was established by the International
Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) in
1981, is supported by the Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI), and
renamed TC301 in 2010. Geotechnics and Heritage, collects relevant
case histories on the role of geotechnical engineering in the
preservation of monuments and historic sites, and is an addition to
the Proceedings of the two International Symposia organized by the
Committee in Napoli in 1994 and 2013. The contributions in the book
prove the significant role geotechnical engineering plays in
conservation of historic building and monuments.
: Conservation of monuments and historic sites is one of the most
challenging problems facing modern civilization. It involves
various cultural, humanistic, social, technical, economical and
administrative factors, intertwining in inextricable patterns. The
complexity of the topic is such that guidelines or recommendations
for intervention techniques and design approaches are difficult to
set. The Technical Committee on the Preservation of Monuments and
Historic Sites (named TC19) was established by the International
Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) in
1981, is supported by the Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI), and
renamed TC301 in 2010. Geotechnics and Heritage, collects relevant
case histories on the role of geotechnical engineering in the
preservation of monuments and historic sites, and is an addition to
the Proceedings of the two International Symposia organized by the
Committee in Napoli in 1994 and 2013. The contributions in the book
proof the significant role geotechnical engineering plays in
conservation of historic building and monuments.
All the traces of historic heritage are a fundamental part of our
environment and reward us in the form of cultural enrichment, with
the ability to have a positive effect both on our lifestyle and
economy. Therefore, the preservation of ancient monuments, historic
towns and sites has increasingly drawn the attention of public
opinion, governmental agencies as well as consultants and
contractors. This interest must be however carefully controlled and
directed, since the conservation of monuments and historic sites is
one of the most challenging problems of our age. Careless attempts
at preservation can be detrimental not only to their iconic value
(formal integrity), but even to their structural characteristics
and the materials they are built with (material integrity).
Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and
Historic Sites collects one opening address, four special lectures
and 82 contributions from all over the world, giving a unique
sample of the geotechnical problems to be tackled, the solutions
currently being proposed, and the strategies being carried out to
preserve the overall integrity of monuments and historic sites. It
is clearly apparent that differences exist around the world not
only in terms of the characteristics of the monuments or sites to
be preserved, but also in the approaches adopted to achieve this
aim. Hence, no unique solution is available to the geotechnical
engineer dealing with the delicate structures and sites that
represent our cultural heritage, and knowledge of previous
experiences may be a unique guide in any technical decision-making
process.
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