After hundreds of generations of tearing down the past or just building on top of it, many cultures are now devoting both money and effort into sustaining historical architecture and heritage
spaces. But how can they make up for lost time? This collection reflects that relatively new interest with case studies and essays that range from the theoretical to the completely practical,
giving architects, developers and policy makers the good news that their peers are serious about conservation. Topics include heritage architecture worldwide and the tourism and other
activities it attracts, including reports from Mexico, Japan and Atlanta, regional architecture in Asia and elsewhere, non-destructive evaluation techniques of masonry structures including the
sonic pulse velocity method, material characterization, repair and maintenance, including that on medieval beams, preservation and prevention, structural issues, simulation and modeling, and
seismic vulnerability. The US office of WIT Press is Computational Mechanics. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
