RICS research paper series, Volume 7, Number 6

Although they will vary in age and style from country to country, all countries possess buildings which are regarded as being integral parts of their heritage, worthy of protection and conservation.

With funding from the RICS Education Trust, Rob Pickard of Northumbria University and Tracy Pickerill of the Dublin Institute of Technology explored the use of fiscal incentives for heritage conservation in a range of countries in Europe and North America.  

A key message to emerge from this is that fiscal measures have a key role to play in heritage conservation, by providing incentives to owner-occupiers, investors and developers without requiring actual expenditure by government.

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