Author Archives: Anne HamiltonBlack
This webinar considers the implications of changing work practices and the potential for growing home and remote working to alter commuting patterns, bring about a mobility shift, and revitalise small towns. More broadly it has implications for climate change, quality of life and broader regional development. The phenomenon of commuting has, for many of us, […]
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This webinar offers initial reflections from the first phase of this research programme – focusing on three small towns across the island of Ireland and two in Maryland. One of the most significant transformations in the socio-economic geography of Ireland in recent decades has been evident in the changing geographies of population and of employment, […]
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Strengthening societal resilience to crises is central to numerous policy frameworks shaping global to local action. As experienced through COVID-19, recent flooding, and the ongoing cost-of-living shocks, all people and places can benefit from becoming more resilient and enabled to adapt and thrive whatever the challenge. Strengthening societal resilience to crises is central to numerous policy frameworks shaping […]
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This webinar seeks to explore some of the key movements we see emerging in a post-pandemic planning context. Where and how does health and well-being ‘fit’ into spatial planning policy and practice? The focus of spatial planning has come full circle – from its origins rooted in growing concerns with public health and slum conditions […]
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1st ICLRD webinar of 2022 discusses coastal and marine issues which are becoming increasingly relevant for spatial and environmental planning, drawing on a review of the NMPF commissioned by the Sustainable Water Management Network (SWAN) as well as recent scientific research and insights from practice. Coastal and marine issues are becoming increasingly relevant for spatial […]
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Sixth & final webinar as part of ICLRD series Post Pandemic Planning – ‘Changing Spatial Relationships between Home and Workplace’ taking place Wed 22 Sept @ 15.30. With the COVID-19 induced interruption to work patterns, and the enforced switch to home / remote working, we have witnessed a significant reduction in the need to commute […]
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On Wednesday, July 28, 2021 we hosted this webinar where we explored how cities, on the island of Ireland and elsewhere, can envision and plan for more sustainable, inclusive, and thriving futures for all. Cities are central to many contemporary societal challenges. From climate change to the significant socio-economic inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
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Maynooth University has signed a two-year have signed a two-year Strategic Partnership with the Association of Irish Local Government (AILG) Maynooth University. As part of the strategic partnership, an independent research study on “The 21st Century Councillor in Irish Local Government” will be undertaken by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD). The […]
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In April 2021, the ICLRD launched a new two-year action research programme, InPLACE: Investigating Place, Planning and Commuting. COVID-19 has been a major disruptor in all our lives, since early 2020. The global pandemic has dramatically changed the activity patterns of individuals and families, transforming everyday geographies, and the scale at which we live our […]
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This Webinar examines how rural areas have been impacted by our changed relationship with place during the pandemic, and the potential that rural towns and spaces can contribute to rural regeneration in a post-COVID world. The COVID 19 “… crisis offers rural communities an opportunity to mobilise and strengthen their local networks and co-operative structures […]
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