The Dublin-Belfast Development Corridor: IrelandÆs Mega-City Region?

by Yarwood,John; Yarwood,John

• ISBN13: 9780754647027
• ISBN10: 0754647021
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The concept of the Dublin-Belfast Economic Corridor is to link together several towns and cities by various modes of communication in an attempt to create a poly-centric mega-city region in Ireland on a scale large enough to compete with the major urban clusters of continental Europe. While each town would develop its unique economy and cultural attributes, they would function in a manner complementary to those of the others, so that the whole system has a synergy. This concept has frequently been discussed generally, but has never before been the subject of a focused study.This volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars and practitioners to discuss the twin topics of the Dublin-Belfast corridor and the associated challenges of cross-border development from economic, geographic, regional studies, sociological and planning perspectives.With a foreword by Sir Peter Hall, the book is divided into three main sections. The first provides context, reviewing current plans and policies. The second part presents analysis and discussion of various sectoral topics, such as transportation, cross-border trade, land management, urban design, planning and institutional development. The final section outlines visions for the future, sketching out possible end-results of a corridor development in a relatively concrete way.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	ix
About the Authors	xi
Foreword	xvii
Preface	xix
Acknowledgements	xx
1 Overview and Summary	1	(14)
John Yarwood
2 City-Regions in the Global Knowledge Economy	15	(14)
Martin Sokol
3 Implementing the National Spatial Strategy and the Regional Development Strategy for Northern Ireland within the Dublin-Belfast Corridor	29	(16)
Niall Cussen and Jim Hetherington
4 Critical Reflections on the National Spatial Strategy and the Regional Development Strategy for Northern Ireland	45	(14)
Jim Walsh and Michael Murray
5 The Structure of the Greater Dublin Area	59	(32)
John Yarwood
Appendix to Chapter 5
Gearoid O'Riain and Nick Green
6 Remarks on the Regional Planning Guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area	91	(18)
John Yarwood
7 A Review of Local Planning within the Dublin-Belfast Corridor	109	(18)
Malachy McEldowney and Derry O'Connell
8 Mass Transportation within Development Corridors	127	(14)
John Prosser and John Yarwood
9 Service Firm Connections in the Dublin-Belfast Corridor	141	(22)
Chris van Egeraat and Martin Sokol
10 Housing Growth, Land Delivery and Sustainable Urban Management	163	(30)
Mark Scott, Niamh Moore, Declan Redmond and Menelaos Gkartzios
11 Urban Design Principles and Local Environments in the Dublin-Belfast Corridor	193	(12)
Philip Geoghegan
12 Housing Markets and Cross-Border Integration	205	(26)
Chris Paris
13 Sub-Regional Planning in Cross-Border City-Regions: The Case of North-West Ireland	231	(20)
Brendan Murtagh and Brian Kelly
14 Local Authorities and Managing Cross Border Projects	251	(12)
Derek Birrell
15 Towards an Hypothetical Regional Plan for the Dublin-Belfast Corridor	263	(20)
John Yarwood
Index	283