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Climate Change and Conservation of Coastal Built Heritage pp 135–193Cite as

Microclimate Field Survey in the Old City of Tartous, Syria

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Monitoring heritage buildings and sites is an essential part of preserving their architectural, artistic, historic, and social values and developing possible techniques to save their structures and environments.

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    Maya Hassan & Hui Xie

  2. Faculty of Architecture, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria

    Maya Hassan

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Hassan, M., Xie, H. (2020). Microclimate Field Survey in the Old City of Tartous, Syria. In: Climate Change and Conservation of Coastal Built Heritage. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8672-5_5

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