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Case Histories
Geotechnics and Heritage
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Geotechnics and Heritage book
Case Histories
Edited ByEmilio Bilotta, Alessandro Flora, Stefania Lirer, Carlo Viggiani
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2013
eBook Published 11 June 2013
Pub. Location London
Imprint CRC Press
Pages 272
eBook ISBN 9780429227943
Subjects Engineering & Technology, Humanities
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Bilotta, E., Flora, A., Lirer, S., & Viggiani, C. (Eds.). (2013). Geotechnics and Heritage: Case Histories (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b14965
ABSTRACT
Conservation of monuments and historic sites is one of the most challenging problems facing modern civilization. It involves various cultural, humanistic, social, technical, economical and administrative factors, intertwining in inextricable patterns. The complexity of the topic is such that guidelines or recommendations for intervention techniques
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |36 pages
Geotechnical issues of the Athenian Acropolis
ByD. Egglezos, M. Ioannidou, D. Moullou & I. Kalogeras
chapter |26 pages
The role of geotechnical conditions in the foundation, expansion and preservation of the ancient town of Orvieto (Italy)
ByP. Tommasi, M. Sciotti, T. Rotonda, L. Verrucci & D. Boldini
chapter |22 pages
A paradise inhabited by devils? The geotechnical risks in the city of Napoli and their mitigation
ByA. Evangelista & C. Viggiani
chapter |40 pages
The crossing of the historical centre of Rome by the new underground Line C: A study of soil structure-interaction for historical buildings
ByA. Burghignoli, L. Callisto, S. Rampello, F.M. Soccodato & G.M.B. Viggiani
chapter |16 pages
Protective compensation grouting operations beneath the Big Ben Clock Tower
ByD.I. Harris, R.J. Mair, J.B. Burland & J.R. Standing
chapter |26 pages
Contributions of geotechnical engineering for the preservation of the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Sagrario Church in Mexico City
ByE. Ovando-Shelley & E. Santoyo
chapter |16 pages
The Buen Pastor Cathedral in San Sebastián
ByA. Gens, E.E. Alonso, J. Casanovas & L. Uzcanga
chapter |22 pages
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
ByJ.B. Burland, M. Jamiolkowski, N. Squeglia & C. Viggiani
chapter |14 pages
Strengthening of the San Marco bell tower foundation in Venice
ByG. Macchi, S. Macchi, M. Jamiolkowski, V. Pastore & D. Vanni
chapter |20 pages
Portus Julius: A complex of Roman infrastructures of late republican age
ByC. Viggiani
