Urban Renaissance [electronic resource]: Belfast's Lessons for Policy and Partnership /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2000.
Belfast is at a turning point in its history. If it is to succeed as the peace process advances, the achievements of past urban regeneration efforts need to be evaluated in order to set in place effective policies and strategies for the future. Beginning with environmental priorities, Laganside Corporation, a limited life public body responsible for the regeneration of derelict and abandonned land adjacent to the River Lagan, has facilitated enormous physical, economic and social change right in the centre of Belfast. This book identifies strategies that can help local agencies and actors better meet the challenges they face, including that of involving the private sector more effectively in regeneration. Although the problems of Belfast are in many ways unique, they also have elements that are fairly typical of cities facing major economic change, environmental problems and social fragmentation.
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CONTENTS; PREFACE BY THE RT. HON. RICHARD CABORN MP MINISTER OFTRADE; INTRODUCTION; Laganside: Linking Environmental Improvement, Infrastructure for Economic Development, and Social Cohesion; OECD EVALUATION OF LAGANSIDE, BELFAST; PART ONE - CONTEXT; Employment; European Union; The Republic of Ireland; Governance; The Belfast Urban Area Plan 2001; Laganside Corporation; Organisational Structure; Funding; Institutional Roles; Regulatory Framework; PART TWO - ACHIEVEMENTS; Redevelopment Projects within the Designated Area; PART THREE -LESSONS LEARNED; Infrastructure; Contaminated Land
Economic OutcomesJob Creation; Private Sector/Commercial Context; Political /Statutory Context; Partnerships; Built Environment; Public Realm; 1999: A Turning Point?; PART FOUR- THE WAY FORWARD; Cathedral Quarter; Linkages to the city centre; Community integration; Governance; Jobs and Investment; Funding; Recommendations; Relevant recommendations emerging from OECD Studies and Publicationsand importance of international exchange; Conclusion; APPENDICE -EXAMPLES OF LAGANSIDE SITES; OECD/TUAC JOINT SEMINAR; PARTNERSHIPS AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT; Opening Comments
Tony Hopkins CBE, Chairman, Laganside CorporationA Place for People; The Role of Partnership in Local Development; John Monks, General Secretary, Trade Union Congress, UK; Partnership in Local Development - an ILO Perspective; Werner Sengenberger, Director of the Employment and TrainingDepartment, ILO Geneva; Trade Union Involvement in Local Development; Patricia O'Donovan, Deputy General Secretary, Irish Congress of TradeUnions; The Role of Partnership in Local Development; Paul Cullen, Chairman, LEED Directing Committee; Review of the Experience of Laganside since 1989
Mike Smith, Chief Executive, Laganside CorporationRemarks on Design and Urbanism; Peter Hunter, RIBA Architect and Development Consultant, London; Review of the Experience of Berlin since 1989; Irina Orssich, Investitions Bank, Berlin; Local Partnerships and Regional Developments - Thames Gateway; John McWilliam, Deputy Vice Chancellor University of Greenwich; Partnerships and Regional Development; Dale Medearis, International Office, United States EnvironmentalProtection Agency; Trade Union Economic Development efforts in the United States
John T. Joyce, President Emeritus International Union of Bricklayers andAllied Craft WorkersA Local Authority Perspective; Marie-Thérèse McGivern, Belfast City Council; Participation in Planning in These New Times; Frank Gaffikin and Mike Morrissey, University of Ulster; Brownfields Programmes; Karl Alvarez, United States Environmental Protection Agency; The Review of Laganside Corporation: A Peer Perspective; Greg Clark, Managing Director Economic Development,Greater LondonEnterprise Ltd; BIBLIOGRAPHY
Belfast is at a turning point in its history. If it is to succeed as the peace process advances, the achievements of past urban regeneration efforts need to be evaluated in order to set in place effective policies and strategies for the future. Beginning with environmental priorities, Laganside Corporation, a limited life public body responsible for the regeneration of derelict and abandonned land adjacent to the River Lagan, has facilitated enormous physical, economic and social change right in the centre of Belfast. This book identifies strategies that can help local agencies and actors better meet the challenges they face, including that of involving the private sector more effectively in regeneration. Although the problems of Belfast are in many ways unique, they also have elements that are fairly typical of cities facing major economic change, environmental problems and social fragmentation.
City planning
Urban policy
Ireland Urban Sociology