Isbn: 9781509567843 - the future of the past: when cultural heritage meets climate change (8 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 240 pages. 5.79x1.18x8.78 inches. In Stock.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As the wooden piles under Amsterdam begin to rot, water levels rise in Venice. The 4,500-year-old ruins of Mohenjo-daro flood in Pakistan. Compaction of peat soil in northern England is causing Hadrian's Wall to collapse. The bricks of excavated Babylon are exploding as a result of increasing salt levels. Melting permafrost in Siberia is endangering the ancient burial mounds of the Scythian civilization. In the US, hurricanes have partially destroyed the heritage of New Orleans and Puerto Rico, while the 2019 wildfires forced the Getty Museum in Los Angeles to close.The climate crisis is threatening historical heritage all over the world, with higher temperatures, more storms and fires and, of course, rising sea levels. Monuments, buildings, inner cities and cultural landscapes are at risk, and museums such as the Louvre have already started relocating parts of their collections to climate-proof storage facilities. Written by a highly regarded art historian, The Future of the Past addresses this urgent issue and asks us to include the fate of beauty in our conversations on climate change.Extreme weather means we have to approach history in new ways. Historical heritage now confronts us not only with the past, but also the future.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. The Future of the Past | When Cultural Heritage Meets Climate Change | Thijs Weststeijn | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2026 | Polity Press | EAN 9781509567843 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …