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Spaces of the Nation:
The Planning of Space in Ireland and Scotland

12-13 June 2009
King’s College Conference Centre
University of Aberdeen

Programme | Registration | Student Bursaries

The University of Aberdeen, Queen’s University Belfast and The National University of Ireland – Maynooth have established the Irish Scottish Forum for Spatial Planning. Its purpose is to critically examine the relationship between strategic planning and the development of cities, towns and countryside in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland. The goal of this first meeting is to place formal planning and spatial imagining in broader historical, cultural, and environmental perspective, and to relate this to evolving concepts of the ‘nation’ and identity.  


PROGRAMME


Friday, 12 June 2009

17.15 – 17.30
Introductions

Cairns Craig, Glucksman Professor of Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen, & Bill Neill, Professor of Spatial Planning, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen

17.30 – 19.00
Session 1 (Chair: Bill Neill)

Strategic Planning in Ireland and Scotland: Current Directions in the Creation of Place

The Second National Planning Framework for Scotland
Graeme Purves, Assistant Chief Planner with the Scottish Government

Regional Development Framework, Northern Ireland
Mike Warnock, Senior Planner, Regional Planning and Transportation Division, Northern Ireland

National Spatial Plan, Republic of Ireland
Niall Cussen, Senior Adviser (Planning), Spatial Policy Section, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Republic of Ireland

19.30
Buffet Dinner: Aberdeen Art Gallery (Bus leaves King’s College, 19.15)

 

Saturday, 13 June 2009

9.00 - 9.15
Introductions / Review of Day 1

Bill Neill, Professor of Spatial Planning, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen

9.15 – 10.45
Session 2 (Chair: Cairns Craig)

Invoking – Evoking the ‘Nation’: Historical Perspectives

New Spaces for Scotland 1780-1920
Robert Morris, Professor of Economic and Social History, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh   

New Spaces for the Island of Ireland?
Brian Graham, Emeritus Professor of Human Geography, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Ulster

Discussion

10.45 – 11.15
Coffee

11.15 – 13.15
Session 3 (Chair: Anne-Michelle Slater)

The Politics of Planning

Deciding the Fate of a Magical Wild Place
Martin Ford, former Chair of Infrastructure Services Committee, Aberdeenshire Council 

Spaces for Nature in the Imagining of Place
James Orr, Director Northern Ireland, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

The Role of Politicians in the Irish Planning Process
Berna Grist, Barrister and Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin

Planning and the Democratic Process: Who Should Make Planning Decisions? An Evaluation of the Scottish System Post Reform
Neil Collar, Head of Planning, Brodies LLP, Edinburgh (Legal Associate RTPI)

Discussion


13.15 – 14.15
 Lunch


14.15 – 15.45
 Session 4 (Chair: John Morrison)

The Face of the Nation: Home and Abroad

Spaces of Ireland Overseas
Yvonne Whelan, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol

Re-presenting Scottish cities
Greg Lloyd, Professor of Urban Planning and Head of the School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster 

Sprawl: The Physical Legacy of Ireland’s Boom
Frank McDonald, Environment Editor, Irish Times

Discussion

15.45 – 16.00
Coffee

16.00 – 17.00
Closing discussion (Chair: Bill Neill)

Placing Planning in Broader Perspective: Strategic Planning for the ‘Nation’ Reconsidered

Respondent: Hanns-Uve Schwedler, Managing Director, European Academy of the Urban Environment, and HonoraryProfessor of Urban Planning, University of Aberdeen.

Close: Michael Murray, Reader in Spatial Planning, Queen’s University Belfast. Anticipation of future events to be held at Queen’s University Belfast (18 September 2009) and National University of Ireland - Maynooth (19 November 2009).

19.30
Conference Dinner, James Mackay Hall

 

REGISTRATION

Registration for the forum is essential. 

If you plan to attend, please pre-register by contacting riiss@abdn.ac.uk

 

ACCOMMODATION

A list of local Hotels and B&Bs can be found in our accommodation guide.

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