TY - JOUR
T1 - Auditing the historic environment
T2 - Measurements, datasets and English heritage’s state of the historic environment report 2002
AU - Baxter, Ian
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - This paper sets out the current context for historic environment management, and the associated information requirements to manage organisations successfully within the sector for the benefit of the country's heritage. The initiative undertaken by English Heritage (the English government's conservation advisors) in developing a pilot State of the Historic Environment Report is used as a case study in the collation of management information for advocacy purposes. Political support for such a development is considered, as well as the history of the report's development with its roots outside the heritage sector. The challenges of project management for report delivery are discussed, particularly where information collation and analysis is reliant on third–party data sources, often created for separate purposes. Tourism data is focused on, showing how results from the former English Tourism Council's annual surveys of visitor attractions were used to inform key messages in the heritage sector. Comments are made on specific types of data used, and a review given of the methodology for collecting dedicated heritage management organisational data.
AB - This paper sets out the current context for historic environment management, and the associated information requirements to manage organisations successfully within the sector for the benefit of the country's heritage. The initiative undertaken by English Heritage (the English government's conservation advisors) in developing a pilot State of the Historic Environment Report is used as a case study in the collation of management information for advocacy purposes. Political support for such a development is considered, as well as the history of the report's development with its roots outside the heritage sector. The challenges of project management for report delivery are discussed, particularly where information collation and analysis is reliant on third–party data sources, often created for separate purposes. Tourism data is focused on, showing how results from the former English Tourism Council's annual surveys of visitor attractions were used to inform key messages in the heritage sector. Comments are made on specific types of data used, and a review given of the methodology for collecting dedicated heritage management organisational data.
KW - heritage
KW - historic environment
KW - audit
KW - measurement
KW - value
KW - economics
KW - tourism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064779087&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09548960209390320
DO - 10.1080/09548960209390320
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85064779087
SN - 0954-8963
VL - 12
SP - 1
EP - 31
JO - Cultural Trends
JF - Cultural Trends
IS - 46
ER -