IRMO scientists Daniela Angelina Jelinčić, PhD and Anamarija Farkaš, PhD published a scientific article entitled “Graffiti Vandalism at Cultural Heritage Assets: Review and Effectiveness of Prevention and Removal Methods”. International Journal of ConservationScience (IJCS) is a high quality peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of original research papers in applied conservation science and its broad range of applications. IJCS is OPEN ACCESS.
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- Cultural Heritage Conservation
- Biodiversity Conservation
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Summary:
Graffiti vandalism poses a huge issue for many cities globally, while heritage sites and individual cultural goods are not spared. The usual methods applied in the fight against graffiti vandalism relate to prevention and removal methods. This study has been undertakenwith the aim of reviewing the existing scientific literature on this topic with the purpose of detecting types of methods used in solving this problem as well as evaluating their effectiveness/efficiency.The findings revealed that among prevention/removal methods, fourtypes dominate: (a) chemical, (b) physical-mechanical, (c) biological (bioremediation), and (d) social methods. While all of them are effective, the selection of the method may vary depending on a number of factors (e.g., type of spray paint, substrate, cost, environmentaleffects, etc.). The pros and cons for each method are provided, which may serve heritage managers in the selection of a method as well as decision makers in creating an efficient policy framework related to the analyzed issue.
The article is availabe in open access: https://ijcs.ro/public/IJCS-25-04_13_Jelincic.pdf
