Post on 11-Apr-2017
Pollution, Climate Change Impact on Heritage Sites and Long Term Sustainability
Dr. Prashant MehtaAssistant Professor
NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, JODHPUREmail: prashantmehta1@rediffmail.com
Jodhpur Heritage
TRANSFORMED WORLDEncroachment Endangers Environment (E3), Heritage Structures and Monuments
Natural and Man-made hazards, such as pollution of atmosphere, hydrosphere (seas), climatic changes due to excessive green house gases emissions, the effects of industrial accidents, civil
strife and wars pose a significant threat to our Heritage Structures and Monuments.
Pollution Irreversible Damage
Major Air Pollutants
Taj Mahal: A Dying Wonder
THEN NOW
Climate Change Features
Impacts of Climate Change
Damage
Salt Formation Salt Weathering
Pollutants and Materials
Material Impacted by Pollutants
Factors Influencing the Interactions between Pollutants and Materials
Weathering
Fungus
Snapshots
Conclusion
“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. We are faced now with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late…We may cry out desperately for time to
pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous
civilizations are written the pathetic words: Too late.”
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008
ReferencesGuidelines on pollution control in heritage buildingsRe: SourceThe Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, University College London, Emcel Filters Ltd, Horniman Museum and Gardens, The Manchester Museum, Museum of London, Victoria & Albert Museum, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in association with Museum Practice
Fighting climate change: human solidarity in a divided worldHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008
Recommended Reading
•The effects of acid deposition on buildings and building materials in the United Kingdom. Building Effects Review Group Report, HMSO, London, 1989
•Brimblecombe, P (ed), The effects of air pollution on the built environment. Imperial College Press, London, 2004
•Prikryl, R and Viles, HA (eds), Understanding and managing of stone decay. The Karolinum Press, Prague, 2002
•Schaffer, RJ, The weathering of natural building stones. DSIR Building Research Special Report 18, 1932 (Reprinted 1972, 1985)
•Smith, BJ and Warke, PA, Stone decay: Its causes and controls. Donhead Publishing Ltd, Shaftesbury, 2004