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Renewing Urban Communities: Environment, Citizenship and Sustainability in Ireland

By Mark Scott , Niamh Moore

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2005
ISBN
9780754640837, 0754640833
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5366619 bytes)
Series
Urban Planning and Environment
Pages
284\0
Topic
Economy
Time added
2022-07-12 13:13:52

Description

Ireland is now an urban society, and both parts of the island have experienced rapid urban-generated growth and new patterns of development in recent years. This inter-disciplinary book adopts an all-Ireland perspective to investigate the tension that exists between sustainable urban development values and rhetoric - such as increased densities, brown field development, the compact city and social inclusion - and the emerging geography of urban Ireland, influenced by consumer and lifestyle choices. The introduction provides an overview of the dynamics of urban change, particularly during the 1990s, and the experience of rapid economic growth. The following chapters are divided into two parts, considering sustainable urban environments, and sustainable communities. This book will appeal to students, academics, policy and decision-makers, given that it adopts both a qualitative and quantitative approach, and introduces a range of new empirical studies covering both physical and social sustainable development.

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