Protection and Conservation of the Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Cities

This book contains 90 reviewed papers and four plenary lectures delivered at the Fifth International Symposium. Papers provide the present state-of-the-art on following topics: environmental parameters on the Mediterranean basin; materials, forms and mechanisms of weathering, including biodeterioration; new techniques and methodologies for degradation diagnosis and treatments; research and development of new products for monuments preservation and treatments; natural risks and structural and geotechnical aspects of the conservation; economic, social and educational aspects of the heritage conservation; and special programmes for the protection and management of monuments in the city of the future.