Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Heritage at Risk : The Rape of Our Resources
- In
- Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage, Auckland, 14-16 February, 2000: Proceedings
- Imprint
- Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, 2000, pp. 183-188
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0980960352
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.910724717335401
- Abstract
Our engineering heritage is the accumulation of all our knowledge and engineering practice. An historical perspective is most important, and we must learn from the past. Everything stems from design, and this is effectively a continuum of activity, drawing on the knowledge bank and replenishing it. The present trend to dispose of public assets such as our energy system, forestry, and roads is a betrayal of a sacred trust - a heritage of 150 years now at risk under administrations with three-year time horizons and no concern for the long term fixture. The paper makes a plea to oppose these developments 'with vigour, even with passion.'
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- Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage, Auckland, 14-16 February, 2000: Proceedings edited by Lowe, P. G.; Hill, R .F. (Auckland, New Zealand: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, 2000), 248 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.0980960352. Details