Author(s)

Celia Clark

Abstract

Many countries' defence estate contains their most impressive historic structures, now obsolete as the result of worldwide political change, reductions in defence expenditure and the new military requirement for rapid flexible response. The transition of these important public assets to civilian uses needs to be examined in the light of increasing experience, to determine whether a reasonable balance can be struck between conserving their aesthetic and historic value in appropriate new uses, bringing compensating benefit to the local community and economy damaged by the peace deficit, and achieving an optimum financial return to the state. Trans-national transfers of experience may make a useful contribution to the process. The defense estate includes government doc

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