The growth of urban populations in recent decades requires physical elements such as residential, commercial and cultural spaces and the development of infrastructure such as streets and highways, which will open a new horizon to the historic texture of cities and how to preserve and restore them. The development of new urban textures along with the lack of attention to the historic texture and...

Knowing the ecological requirements of bird species is essential for their successful conservation. We studied niche characteristics birds in managed small-sized green spaces urban core areas southern (Kavala, Greece) and northern Europe (Rovaniemi, Finland), during breeding season, based on a set 16 environmental variables using Outlying Mean Index, multivariate ordination technique. Overall, ...

The possibility of contemporary mural paintings to be “tagged” by vandals, with spray and/or markers, represents a serious problem for the conservation urban art. present study aims define applicability protective coating on murals’ surface preserve them against vandalism. research has been focused anti-graffiti products currently used in field cultural heritage conservation. These represent an...

since the enactment of the antiquities and monuments ordinance in 1971 and the establishment of antiquities and monuments office in 1976, the hong kong government has set up several institutions with particular ordinances and schemes for heritage conservation. with the set-up of government initiatives, yet the protection of physical and cultural heritage is still limited due to the ambiguity of...