Title: Addressing the Challenge of Being ‘Data Rich but Insight Poor’ in Boston, Massachusetts Publication Date: January 2011 Author: Charlotte Kahn and Holly St Clair Summary: This paper focuses on how two institutions in Greater Boston, the Boston Foundation and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), have partnered over the past decade, along with the […]
Read More...Title: Reflection: Delving into the Relationship Between Planning and Housing in Ireland Publication Date: January 2011 Author: Karen Keaveney Summary: This paper explored the dominant features and key differences, apparent in housing and planning systems in the two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland. Related documents: Borderlands Journal, Issue 1
Read More...Title: Sustainable Communities: Planning for Integration in Fractured Places Publication Date: January 2011 Author: Peter Roberts Summary: The purpose of this article is threefold: to offer some insights into the origins of the sustainable communities idea; to identify the components of an idealised sustainable community and to discuss the implications for practice; and to consider […]
Read More...Title: The International Centre for Local and Regional Development: The Genesis Story Publication Date: January 2011 Author: Tim O’Connor Summary: This report recounts the history of ICLRD, how it came to be, and who was present in founding the organization. Related documents: Borderlands Journal, Issue 1
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Title: Briefing Paper No.4: ESPON – A New Practical European Research Agenda for Territorial and Development Publication Date: February 2010 Authors: Cliff Hague and Brendan Bartley Summary: The paper reviews the new ESPON programme, covering the period 2007-2013, in terms of its contribution to the emerging territorial cohesion agenda of the European Union. The paper […]
Read More...Title: Briefing Paper No. 3: The Conditions Necessary for Gateway Development & the Role of Smaller Gateways in Economic Development Publication Date: January 2010 Authors: Jim Walsh and Cormac Walsh Summary: The paper reviews the conditions necessary for Gateway development and explores the role of the smaller Gateways in economic development. While this paper focuses […]
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2011 Conference >> Session 1|Session 2|Session 3|Session 4 ICLRD Sixth Annual Conference: Doing More with Less – Challenge and /or Opportunity? The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) has just hosted its Sixth Annual Conference on the 20-21 January 2011 in the Radisson BLU Hotel, Ballincar, Sligo. Attended by 110 people representing central, […]
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Title: Developing a Strategic Alliance between Newry and Mourne District Council and the Louth Local Authorities Publication Date: September 2010 Team: John Driscoll, Andrew McClelland Funding: INTERREG Summary: The report considers a variety of legal instruments to facilitate cross-border cooperation between Newry and Mourne District Council and the County Louth local authorities, and which can […]
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The fifth Annual ICLRD Conference took place on the 21-22 January 2010 in the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen. Attended by over 130 people representing central, regional and local government, elected representatives, policy-makers, cross-border networks, community activists, academics and representatives of the business community, the theme of this event was Preparing for Economic Recovery: Planning Ireland, North […]
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Title: Rural Restructuring: Local Sustainable Solutions to the Rural Challenge Publication Date: June 2009 Team: Caroline Creamer, Neale Blair, Karen Keaveney, Brendan O’Keeffe, John Driscoll Funding:HEA Summary: The report details the need for a focused approach to rural development that harnesses local assets and potentiality through joined up collaboration.Read more.
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