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Organic contaminants of emerging concern in leachate of historic municipal landfills.

open access: yesEnvironmental Pollution, 2021
Many types of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), including per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), have been found in leachate of operating municipal landfills.
V. Propp   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Current Trends in Urban Heritage Conservation: Medieval Historic Arab City Centers

open access: yesSustainability, 2022
Traditional conservation efforts did not improve the conditions in most historic urban centers of Arab cities. The internationally adopted shift in historic urban conservation grants better urban vitality and sustainability for these areas.
A. Shehata
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Historic Preservation League News

open access: yes, 1993
Quarterly newsletter of the Dallas Historic Preservation League describing the group's activities, news, and events, as well as other preservation information of interest to ...
Dallas Historic Preservation League   +1 more
core   +5 more sources

Recent Investigations at Two Long Barrows and Reflections on their Context in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site and Environs

open access: yesInternet Archaeology, 2018
Recent geophysical surveys and excavations at Druid's Lodge Estate, in fields west of the Diamond Wood in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SWHS), have confirmed the existence of the Winterbourne Stoke 71 long barrow and discovered a new long barrow ...
David Roberts   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fire prevention in historic buildings – approaches for safe practice

open access: yesThe Historic Environment, 2022
There is a continual loss of irreplaceable built heritage as a result of fire and statistics indicate that the numbers are significant and sustained. Fire prevention suggests itself as the best solution to the problem: if there is no outbreak of fire in ...
Simon Kincaid
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Range contractions of the world's large carnivores [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2017
The majority of the world's terrestrial large carnivores have undergone substantial range contractions and many of these species are currently threatened with extinction.
Christopher Wolf, William J. Ripple
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation-Compatible Retrofit Solutions in Historic Buildings: An Integrated Approach

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
Historic, listed, or unlisted, buildings account for 30% of the European building stock. Since they are complex systems of cultural, architectural, and identity value, they need particular attention to ensure that they are preserved, used, and managed ...
A. Buda   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Scientific overview and historical context of the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquake sequence

open access: yesAnnals of Geophysics, 2004
The central and eastern United States has experienced only 5 historic earthquakes with Mw 7.0, four during the New Madrid sequence of 1811-1812: three principal mainshocks and the so-called «dawn aftershock» following the first mainshock.
S. E. Hough
doaj   +1 more source

Building Change Detection from Historical Aerial Photographs Using Dense Image Matching and Object-Based Image Analysis

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2014
A successful application of dense image matching algorithms to historical aerial photographs would offer a great potential for detailed reconstructions of historical landscapes in three dimensions, allowing for the efficient monitoring of various ...
Stephan Nebiker   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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