The urbanisation of Irish society has had a profound impact on the character and mix of Irish research. The research agenda now encompasses such diverse issues as the urban consequences of economic restructuring, inner-area economic and physical regeneration, environmental protection and building conservation, residential development and the crisis of housing affordability, the suburbanisation of employment and the impacts of the separation of land-uses on traffic circulation and congestion. It has been concerned with investigating urban issues in advance of policy development and engaging in the monitoring and review of urban policies. The publication of the Journal of Irish Urban Studies marks a growing recognition of the importance of urban-related issues in Irish society. It has been established as a forum for the dissemination of research and the stimulation of discussion and debate. It is a joint initiative of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, and the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Techno logy. Bolton Street. Two volumes of the Journal will be published annually. One volume will be thematic, based on papers presented at the annual seminar. The second volume will be eclectic for which the Journal welcomes the submission of articles from researchers and professional practitioners working in either the public or private sectors. Papers should be relevant to contemporary Irish urban issues. Reviews of non-Irish issues will also be considered insofar as they bear considerable relevance to the Irish situation. Short papers from urban practitioners (planners, surveyors, architects. housing managers, community workers etc.) reflecting on or critically evaluating specific aspects of contemporary policy and practice are particularly welcome for publication in the Papers from Practice section of the Journal.

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  • Strategic environmental assessment of the Docklands master plan 

    Prendergast, Terry (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    Directive 2001142/EC of the European Parliament and Council on Strategic Environmental Assessment or SEA, which entered into force on 21 July 2001 , requires Member States to assess the likely significant environmental ...
  • Introduction of waste charges and public resistance 

    Dunne, Louise (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    This paper reviews the potential for problems regarding public acceptability of environmental taxes. It examines the issue through a case study of the municipal waste charge protests in Ireland in 2003 and 2004. The example ...
  • Urban governance and the environment: an Irish case study 

    Fagan, Honor G.; Murray, Michael (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    This article explores the general comparative issues arising in relation to urban environmental governance through a particular Irish case study. The particular issue was/is the siting of a waste incinerator in a working ...
  • Spatial restructuring and commuting efficiency in Dublin 

    Murphy, Enda (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    Within cities, transportation systems are a vital socio-economic component of society, providing a link between the spatial separations of various land uses in the built environment. As land uses evolve, the geography of ...
  • Turnout or turned off? Electoral participation in Dublin in the 21st century 

    Kavanagh, Adrian (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    Voter turnout is defined as the percentage number of registered voters who vote in an election - although the valid adult population (those aged 18. and over). is taken as the base from which turnout rates are calculated ...
  • Table of contents (Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.3 (No. 2), 2004) 

    Unknown author (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    Table of contents, Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.3 (Issue 1), 2004
  • Front cover & preliminary pages (Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.3 (No. 2), 2004 

    Unknown author (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    Front cover & preliminary pages, Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.3 (Issue 1), 2004
  • Urban planning and regeneration: a community prespective 

    Brudell, Paula; Hammond, Charlie; Henry, Josephine (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    This article is concerned with one of the key functions and responsibilities exercised by local government - planning, a department whose orientation will have a key role in determining the physical landscape, economy, ...
  • Planning in Dublin: goals achieved and opportunities lost 

    McCarron, Gay (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    The title suggests that this paper might produce a form of balance sheet with a list of 'Goals Achieved ' on one side and 'Opportunities Lost' on the other and the summing up of both lists would indicate whether the operation ...
  • Planning and the environment 

    Clinch, J. Peter (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    This paper discusses the relationship between planning, sustainable development and the environment in Ireland. The paper firstly explores the development of planning as a Concept. It then sets out the key 'actors' in Irish ...
  • Tallaght: the planning and development of an Irish new town 

    MacLaran, Andrew; Punch, Michael (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    This paper reviews the development of Tallaght, one of three new towns developed to the west of Dublin. II explores the new-town planning and development process, drawing comparisons between the manner in which the ...
  • Forty years of Irish planning: an overview 

    Bannon, Michael J. (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    The planning system has achieved much under very difficult and sometimes hostile circumstances. Much of our history exhibits the evidence of social divisions and, in recent times, a growing sense of individualism and the ...
  • Table of contents (Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.3 (No. 1), 2004) 

    Unknown author (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    Table of contents, Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.3 (Issue 1), 2004
  • Front cover & preliminary pages (Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.3 (No. 1), 2004) 

    Unknown author (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2004)
    Front cover & preliminary pages, Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.3 (Issue 1), 2004
  • The emergence of the housing affordability gap 

    McNulty, Paul (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2003)
    This paper proposes strongly that housing affordability is a real issue, though it has often been overlooked because it is obscure and by its nature difficult to analyse: it is not as easily explainable as, say, adequate ...
  • The planning system and housing supply 

    Meehan, Brian (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2003)
    Section 1.0 of this paper outlines the evolution of housing supply in the context of planning and housing legislation/policy. In this context, Section 2.0 evaluates Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended ...
  • Supply constraints and serviced land development supply in the Dublin region: a review of the projections and recommendations of Bacon III 

    MacCabe, Fergal (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2003)
    This papers examines the supply constraints and serviced land development supply in the Dublin region in the light of the projections and recommendations of the Bacon III report and makes further recommendations.
  • Access to housing: the role of housing supply and urban development policies in the greater Dublin area 

    Williams, Brendan; Shiels, Patrick; Hughes, Brian (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2003)
    The structure of this article is shaped by the need to examine the land supply issue and explore why its operations have failed to satisfy demand levels in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). The introduction and economic context ...
  • Affordability and access to Irish housing: trends, policy and prospects 

    Downey, Daithi (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2003)
    This paper begins by tracking the emergence of housing affordability as a policy issue, before reviewing trends in private and social housing output , contrasting the fonunes of the private and social housing sectors ...
  • Table of contents (Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.2 (No. 1), 2003) 

    Unknown author (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2003)
    Table of contents, Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.2 (Issue 1), 2003

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