This is a past event
A one day conference co-organised by Dr Michael Murray (Queens University Belfast), Professor William J V Neill (University of Aberdeen) and Dr Berna Grist (University College Dublin) is being held on 31st May. The theme is 'Sustaining small island communities'. The event is taking place under the auspices of the Irish Scottish Forum for Spatial Planning which is an ongoing collaboration between Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen, Geography Environmental Policy and Planning, University College Dublin, and the Institute of Spatial Planning at Queen's University Belfast.
ForewordThe small off-shore islands of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland offer a rich heritage drawn from a complex blending of history, culture and landscape. These are places which can fire the imagination towards the idea of the rural idyll. They are also places which represent many of the challenges connected to contemporary rural development. This conference, convened under the auspices of the Irish Scottish Forum for Spatial Planning, brings together insights from the three jurisdictions that address the theme of sustaining small island communities and which in turn are set within a wider international context. Key considerations revolve around the interdependence of public policy and local action in harnessing potential, sustaining community viability, and enhancing accessibility. The Irish Scottish Forum for Spatial Planning currently draws on the interests of Planners within the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast, the School of Geosciences at the University of Aberdeen, and the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy at University College Dublin. This is the 5th conference to be convened by the Forum following its inception in 2009. Previous events have dealt with Strategic Spatial Planning and Cultural Identities, Rural Development White Papers, Cross-Border Planning and Development, and Titanic Heritage.
For more details including how to register for this free event, please follow this link
http://www.ucd.ie/t4cms/Sustaining_Small_Island_Communities_conference_programme.pdf
- Speaker
- Various
- Hosted by
- Professor William JV Neill
- Venue
- The Council Chamber, Queens University Belfast
- Contact
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Mrs Roslyn Barnes (r.barnes@qub.ac.uk)
Professor William J V Neill (b.neill@abdn.ac.uk)