Integrating nature-based solutions and the conservation of urban built heritage: Challenges, opportunities, and prospects

MA Coombes, HA Viles - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NbS) offer opportunities to incorporate green elements into cultural
heritage conservation and management practice in cities and unlock associated co-benefits …

Biocrusts protect the Great Wall of China from erosion

Y Cao, MA Bowker, M Delgado-Baquerizo, B ** as a conservation approach for heritage sites in Britain and Ireland
J Richards, EL Cooke, M Coombes, J Jones… - Physical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Nature-based solutions are seen to benefit both society and biodiversity. However, research
into their future resilience is required. Soft cap** is a nature-based conservation strategy …

Effects of tree density variations on outdoor heritage conservation: Numerical study of an ancient brick city wall with four orientations

T Zhang, C **a, Y Ma, R Zhang, S Han, Z Kong… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Trees possess the potential to safeguard outdoor cultural heritage through the regulation of
microclimates in their surroundings. The Leaf Area Index (LAI), a collective measure of the …

No evidence that seaweed cover enhances the deterioration of natural cement‐based mortar in intertidal environments

T Baxter, M Coombes, H Viles - Earth Surface Processes and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The breakdown of rocks and engineering materials in marine environments is both
enhanced and retarded by surface‐colonizing marine organisms (seaweed, barnacles, etc.) …