Renewing Urban Communities

Niamh Moore is Lecturer in the Department of Geography at University College Dublin and is also Research Associate at the Urban Institute in Ireland. Mark Scott is Lecturer in the Department of Planning and Environment Policy at University College Dublin and is Research Associate at the Urban Institute in Ireland.

Contents: Introduction: The geographical and policy context, Niamh Moore and Mark Scott. Sustainable Urban Environments: Re-greening brownfields: land recycling and urban sustainability, Niamh Moore; Higher density or open space: the future role of green space, Craig Bullock; Suburbanising Dublin: out of an overcrowded frying pan into a fire of unsustainability, Andrew MacLaran; Urban form and reducing the demand for car travel: towards an integrated policy agenda for the Belfast metropolitan area?, Malachy McEldowney, Tim Ryley, Mark Scott and Austin Smyth; Improving energy efficiency in urban areas, J. Peter Clinch; From barricades to back gardens: cross-border urban expansion from the city of Derry into Co. Donegal, Chris Paris; Urban-generated rural housing and evidence of counterurbanisation in the Dublin city-region, Menelaos Gkartzios and Mark Scott. Sustainable communities: 'we're too busy for that kind of stuff': progress towards local sustainable development in Ireland, Geraint Ellis, Brian Motherway and William J. V. Neill; Social and ethnic segregation and the urban agenda, Brendan Murtagh; The state and civil society in urban regeneration: negotiating sustainable participation in Belfast and Dublin, Jenny Muir; Active citizenship: resident associations, social capital and collective action, Paula Russell, Mark Scott and Declan Redmond; Housing policy, homeownership and the provision of affordable housing, Declan Redmond and Gillian Kernan; Conclusion: towards a sustainable future for Irish towns and cities, Niamh Moore and Mark Scott; Index.