Climate Change & Impact On Heritage Buildings Mds Univ Conference (1)

Pollution, Climate Change Impact on Heritage Sites and Long Term Sustainability

Dr. Prashant MehtaAssistant Professor

NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, JODHPUREmail: [email protected]

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