Conservation in a changing climate

The very existence of our historic environment as we know it today is testament to its innate resilience and ability to adapt to change. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) cares for 336 monuments of national and international significance, covering more than 5,000 years of the nation's history...

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Published inBuilding Surveying Journal pp. 32 - 35
Main Author Harkin, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 01.10.2018
Subjects
Climate change
Floods
Geographic information systems
Greenhouse effect
Historical buildings
Masonry
Precipitation
Rain
Resilience
Risk assessment
Soil erosion
Stone
Scotland
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Summary:The very existence of our historic environment as we know it today is testament to its innate resilience and ability to adapt to change. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) cares for 336 monuments of national and international significance, covering more than 5,000 years of the nation's history. Many of these monuments have had to adapt to change in the past and they are all now having to respond somehow to our changing climate. The unprecedented scale of climate change means that to future-proof our properties in care (PIC) effectively, as well as the wider historic environment, we need to think about novel ways of building on their inherent resilience. The greatest driving force for this project, however, is that Scotland's climate is changing. The past century has been characterised by overall warming and altered precipitation patterns, leading to wetter and warmer winters and drier and warmer summers.
ISSN:1750-1032
1759-3387