ABSTRACT

Within the heritage sector there is widespread recognition that the accelerating effects of climate and other changes will necessitate reconsideration of the care of at-risk places and properties. Heritage organisations and agencies are developing new ways to identify and measure future threats, and to prioritise resources accordingly. For some designated assets, it is becoming clear, it may be necessary to manage processes of decline and transformation. Drawing on insights gathered from conversations with natural and historic environment practitioners and regulators, this paper highlights current practice and policy around managed decline, with a focus on the English context. In seeking to address some of the limitations of current approaches, this paper introduces a new conceptual framework: adaptive release. Adaptive release, as presented here, reflects a decision to accommodate the dynamic transformation of a heritage asset and its associated values and significance, with reference to wider landscape settings. The focus is on iterative management over extended timeframes, involving some relinquishment of control and a commitment to ongoing monitoring and interpretation. The concept of adaptive release is presented provisionally, rather than prescriptively, to expand the range of options available to natural and historic environment professionals in responding to inevitable change.

摘要

在遗产部门内，人们普遍认识到气候和其他变化的加速影响将需要重新考虑对高危场所和财产的照顾。遗产组织和机构正在开发新的方法来识别和衡量未来的威胁，并相应地对资源进行优先排序。对于某些指定资产，越来越明显的是，可能需要管理衰退和转型过程。借鉴从与自然和历史环境从业者和监管者的对话中收集的见解，本文重点介绍了当前围绕管理衰退的实践和政策，并重点关注英国语境。为了解决当前方法的一些局限性，本文引入了一个新的概念框架：自适应发布. 此处介绍的适应性释放反映了在更广泛的景观环境中适应遗产资产及其相关价值和意义的动态转变的决定。重点是在延长的时间范围内进行迭代管理，包括放弃一些控制权以及对持续监测和解释的承诺。适应性释放的概念是临时提出的，而不是规定性的，以扩大自然和历史环境专业人员在应对不可避免的变化时可用的选择范围。