Damage to Existing Building Stocks from Nataural Disasters: The Special Case of Historic Architecture in Charleston, South Carolina, in Hurricane Hugo

该项目将利用 飓风雨果提供的机会， 研究其对历史建筑的影响， 南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿 该研究包括三个 部分：1）详细汇编 对历史建筑的结构和其他损害 建筑物; 2）步骤的识别 文化遗产的管理者和所有者 财产，以减少脆弱性;和3） 准备计划的有效性， 组织安排和对策 应急响应中使用的能力， 打捞和回收作业， 飓风过后 确定和 对本案所采取措施的评估 有效缓解了 损害赔偿将有利于那些负责 文化财产在其他易受灾害 以这些措施为榜样。

The project will take advantage of the opportunity provided by Hurricane Hugo to study its impact on historical buildings in Charleston, S.C. The study consists of three parts: 1) a detailed compilation of the structural and other damages to historic buildings; 2) the identification of the steps taken by managers and owners of cultural property to reduce vulnerability; and 3) the effectiveness of the preparedness plans, organizational arrangements and response capabilities used in the emergency response, salvage and recovery operations, before and after the hurricane. The identification and assessment of the measures taken in this case which resulted in the effective mitigation of damages will benefit those responsible for cultural property in other disaster prone areas with these measures serving as models.