The role of preventive maintenance in protecting heritage and valuable buildings from the risks of climate change | ||
| International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Cultural Heritage | ||
| Volume 6, Issue 1, June 2023, Pages 117-152 PDF (2.1 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijmsac.2023.159509.1002 | ||
| Author | ||
| Sobhy Amen Mohamed* | ||
| Researcher at the Institute of Architecture and Housing Research - National Center for Housing and Building Research | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The phenomenon of climate change is considered one of the most important environmental problems resulting from the increase in unsustainable human activities within the urban environment with its direct or indirect connection with the increase in consumption and mismanagement of non-renewable energy sources. Temperatures, winds, increased precipitation (floods)...etc. The phenomenon of climate change is also a global problem that can be confronted, reduced, or mitigated as much as possible to preserve all the physical components that make up the existing urban environments, the most important of which, of course, are the physical structures of the existing architectural heritage. The phenomenon of climate change and its accompanying extreme natural phenomena is also considered one of the main factors that are now negatively affecting the sustainability of the physical structures of architectural heritage and their durability over time, not only at the local level, but also extends to the regional and global levels. (If it intersects with the tangible architectural heritage) to the destruction and loss of the cultural value contained in this heritage as an important resource of life and a source of inspiration within the societies hosting this heritage, it cannot be dispensed with and cannot be compensated if it is damaged or damaged, as it is the legacy of mankind and the past that We live in the present and in the future, and the deposit that we should hand over to future generations. From the foregoing, the importance of research is evident in protecting the existing architectural heritage from the risks of climate change, and preventing, mitigating, or limiting the negative effects associated with the imbalances occurring in the usual climatic conditions (such as extreme natural phenomena) to which heritage buildings and the value of the surrounding urban environment are exposed, whether they are exposed to these Conditions continuously or at intermittent periods, by supporting the ability of their resilience and sustainability and the sustainability of the conservation programs applied to them in the face of the risks of climate change with the passage of time, whether at the level of the architectural and construction elements of heritage and valuable buildings or at the level of the surrounding urban environment. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| preventive maintenance; protecting heritage; climate change | ||
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