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New Research Highlights the Impact of Commuting on Rural Towns Across Ireland

October 9 2024 – A comprehensive study conducted by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) sheds new light on the growing phenomenon of commuting from rural settlements to urban centres. The InPLACE (Investigating Planning, Place-Making, and Commuting) report, which studied seven rural towns in Ireland and Northern Ireland, along with two in […]

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The Elbe River Basin District: Integrated Cross Border Management in Practice

Title: The Elbe River Basin District: Integrated Cross Border Management in Practice Publication Date: March 2012 Team: Cormac Walsh Funding: CroSPlaN Initiative, an INTERREG IVA funded-project which is being administered by the SEUPB. Summary: This detailed case study builds on the ICLRD’s recent report on river basin management and its (inter)relationship with spatial planning policy and practice. This […]

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The Connecticut River Basin: Integrating Water Quality Improvements with Regional Land Use Plans

Title: The Connecticut River Basin: Integrating Water Quality Improvements with Regional Land Use Plans Publication Date: October 2011 Team: Linda Shi & John Driscoll Funding: CroSPlaN Initiative, an INTERREG IVA funded-project which is being administered by the SEUPB. Summary: This detailed case study builds on the ICLRD’s recent report on river basin management and its (inter)relationship with […]

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Publication of Study Series on Cross-Border and Inter-Jurisdictional Planning and Governance Reform

The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) is delighted to announce the publication of a series of reports on cross-border and inter-jurisdictional planning and governance.

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Borderlands: The Journal of Spatial Planning in Ireland

The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) is delighted to announce the publication of the inaugural issue of Borderlands: The Journal of Spatial Planning in Ireland. This informative annual journal includes timely articles on cross-border and inter-jurisdictional cooperation on the island of Ireland – and beyond. With a particular focus on the challenging […]

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Research papers sought for the second edition of Borderlands: The Journal of Spatial Planning in Ireland

The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) will publish the second edition of Borderlands: The Journal of Spatial Planning in Ireland in January 2012.  The Centre is currently seeking high quality research papers on issues of spatial planning and regional development to include in this forthcoming issue of the Journal.  The subject matter […]

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Borderlands: The Journal of Spatial Planning in Ireland

The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) is delighted to announce the publication of the inaugural issue of Borderlands: The Journal of Spatial Planning in Ireland. This informative annual journal includes timely articles on cross-border and inter-jurisdictional cooperation on the island of Ireland – and beyond. With a particular focus on the challenging […]

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ICLRD Briefing Papers

The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) is publishing a series of short timely articles that explore how various forms of planning, enacted at different spatial scales, can contribute to better collaboration on the pressing issues facing both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. By considering both jurisdictions on the island and […]

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Newry-Dundalk Twin City Region

Supporting the Implementation of Cross-Border Collaborative Frameworks Main Report (.pdf) Dundalk, Co. Louth 27 February 2009 The Report was launched by Conor Murphy, MP MLA, Minister for Regional Development in Northern Ireland, and John Gormley, TD, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government of the Republic, at a special event at the Carrickdale Hotel, Ravensdale, […]

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Launch of The Atlas of the Island of Ireland

Armagh, Co. Armagh 17 January 2008  On the occasion of the International Centre for Local and Regional Development’s (ICLRD) Third Annual Conference on January 17, 2008, ICLRD and the All-Island Research Observatory launched The Atlas of the Island of Ireland, a set of detailed full color maps and cartograms of varied socio-economic indicators across the […]

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