Dublin: the shaping of a capital

Abstract

Part 1 Introduction: a world city? first impressions the physical environment the built environment Dublin in fiction. Part 2 The origins and growth of Dublin: pre-urban settlement Norse Dublin the Anglo-Norman city late medieval Dublin the early modern period Dublin's golden age Dublin in decline 20th-century expansion. Part 3 The economy of Dublin: the transformation of the Irish economy post-independence the economic miracle Dublin and the regions Dublin's changing economic base economic outlook. Part 4 Politics and government: the Irish state local government financing local government the administrative structure political parties and local politics. Part 5 Planning the city: conceptions of the state and of the role of planning the elements of planning the genesis of urban planning in Dublin the contemporary urban planning system urban planning in practice. Part 6 Strategic planning of land-use and transportation: settlement strategy and the Myles Wright report implementation of land-use strategy transport in Dublin transportation planning implementation of transport plans land-use and transportation strategies policy evaluation. Part 7 Creating the urban landscape: the city as built space the private sector interests property economics site assembly and secondary areas development cycles business functions and locational requirements considerations. Part 8 The population of Dublin: urbanization and the recent growth of Dublin household composition and demographic structure social status in the city the social geography of Dublin. Part 9 The residential environment: housing the people the supply of housing owner-occupation public sector housing the privately rented sector. Part 10 Inner-city problems and regeneration: symptoms of inner-city decline inner-city districts government responses to inner-city problems reflections. Epilogue

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