Reflections on preventive conservation, maintenance and monitoring by the PRECOM³OS UNESCO chair
By: editors, Koenraad Van Balen & Aziliz Vandesande
Contributors: UNESCO Chair on Preventive Conservation, Maintenance and Monitoring of Monuments and Sites
Publisher: Acco
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leuven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9789033493423
Subjects: Monuments; Congresses; Conservation and restoration; Historic sites; Cultural property; Management; Protection; Economic aspects; Social aspects; Kulturarvsskydd; Förebyggande konservering (museiteknik); Historiska minnesmärken; Historiska platser
Notes: "The UNESCO Chair on Preventive Conservation, Monitoring and Maintenance of Monuments and Sites (PRECOM³OS) was inaugurated in March 2009 ... In 2012, a thematic seminar was organized by the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation to launch the prolongation of the PRECOM³OS UNESCO Chair until 2016 ... This publication collects the key contributions of both events and analyses them with the purpose to identify awakening trends that were observed within the activities of the PRECOM³OS UNESCO Chair"--Page [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Founding principles. Technology and heritage documentation for preventive conservation. Economic and social aspects of preventive conservation for regional development. World heritage strategies for preventive conservation; title: Part II. Current polemics. Technology and heritage documentation for preventive conservation. Economic and social aspects of preventive conservation for regional development. World heritage strategies for preventive conservation; title: Part III. Foresight and needs.