A course on the history of Irish planning

Spatial Planning: past, present and future

I taught this course for a number of years at Dublin Institute of Technology. It might help!

1. Introduction

This module provides grounding in the key concepts of spatial planning and a foundation for the discipline’s further study. It provides an understanding of the interaction between the town and regional planning movement, environmental health and quality concerns; and economic and social development.

2. Module synopsis

· The need to plan

· The origins of spatial planning

· Town and country settlement patterns

· Regional planning

· Spatial planning and sustainability

· Structure and institutions of the Irish planning system

· Contemporary spatial planning

3. Essential reading:

· Hall, P. (various editions) Urban and Regional Planning, Penguin.

· Hall, P (various editions) Cities of Tomorrow, Blackwell Publishing.

· LeGates, R.T. and Stout, F. (1996) The City Reader, Routledge, Second Edition.

3.1 Additional reading:

· Aalen, F.H.A., Whelan, K. and Stout, M. (eds)(1997) Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape, Cork University Press, Cork.

· Engels, F (1845). The Condition of the Working Class in England.

· Greed, C. (1993) Introducing Town Planning, Longman, London.

· Hall, P. (1996) Cities of the Future, Blackwell, Oxford, 2nd edition.

· Maclaran, A. (1998) Dublin, Belhaven Press, London.

4 Lecture areas:

1. Planning, Planners and Plans: the need to plan!

Reading:

· Chapter One of Peter Hall’s Urban and Regional Planning

· Chapter One of John Ratcliffe’s Town and Country Planning

2. Planning for urbanization and demographic change

Readings:

· Childe, G. (1950) The Urban Revolution. Town Planning Review, available in LeGates and Stout (1996) The City Reader.

· Kitto, H.D.F. (1951) The Polis from The Greeks, in LeGates and Stout (1996) The City Reader.

· Pirenne, H. (1925) “City origins” and Cities and European Civilsation”, from Medieval Cities, in LeGates and Stout (1996) The City Reader.

· Davis, K. (1965) The Urbanization of the Human Population, Scientific American. In LeGates and Stout (1996) The City Reader.

3. The History of Urban Form

Readings:

· Morris, A. E. J. (1994) History of urban form: before the industrial revolutions 3rd. ed. Imprint, Harlow: Longman. Bolton Street Lending: 711.409 .

· Kostof, S. (1991) The city shaped: urban patterns and meanings through history. London: Thames and Hudson. Bolton Street Lending: 711.409

· Lewis Mumford “What is a city” Architectural Record, in LeGates and Stout (1996) The City Reader.

4. Industrial Revolution/Mass Urbanisation/Evolution of planning

Reading:

· Chapter Two of Peter Hall’s Urban and Regional Planning

· Hall, Cities of Tomorrow, Chapters 1 ("Cities of Imagination") and 2 ("The City of the Dreadful Night")

· Friedrich Engels. 1845. "The Great Towns", in The City Reader, pp. 46-55.

5. The pre 19th century personalities who influenced the emergence of planning.

Readings:

· Chapter Three of Peter Hall’s Urban and Regional Planning

· Hall, City Of Tomorrow, ch. 4 - "The City in the Garden".

· Robert Fishman. 1997. "Urban Utopias: Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier". In Readings in Planning Theory, pp. 19-67. Bolton Street Lending: 307.1216 Excerpt from Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century: Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier. Basic Books. Bolton Street Lending: 309.262

· Ebenezer Howard. 1898. "Author's Introduction" and "The Town-Country Magnet" in City Reader, pp. 321-329 (excerpt from Garden Cities of Tomorrow).

· Hall, P and Ward, C. (1998) Sociable cities: the legacy of Ebenezer Howard. Chichester, West Sussex, England; New York: J. Wiley, 1998. Bolton Street Lending: 307.768 (Chapters One and Two).

Web sites:

· Hampstead Garden Suburb: http://www.hgs.org.uk/

· Letchworth’s website: http://www.letchworth.com

· Port Sunlight: http://www.portsunlight.org.uk/

· Solitaire:: http://www.saltaire.yorks.com/saltaire-info.html or

http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/

6. Personalities who influenced the emergence of planning cont’d.

Readings:

· Chapter Three of Peter Hall’s Urban and Regional Planning

· Peter Hall. Cities of Tomorrow. Chapter 5: The City in the Region. 136-173.

· Meller, H. (1981) Patrick Geddes 1854-1932 in Pioneers in British Planning. (1981)(ed) Cherry, G. The Architectural Press Limited. Bolton Street Lending: 711.40922.

7. Le Corbusier & Frank Lloyd Wright – The City of Tomorrow

Readings:

· Le Corbusier. 1929. "A Contemporary City" in City Reader, pp. 336-343
(excerpt from The City of Tomorrow and its Planning. Translated from the 8th French edition of Urbanisme by Frederick Etchells, Cambridge: MIT, 1971)

· Frank Lloyd Wright. 1935. "Broadacre City: A New Community Plan" in City Reader, pp. 344-349 (reprinted from Architectural Record, LXXVII - April, 1935)

· Peter Hall. Cities of Tomorrow. Chapter 7: The City of Towers.

· Power, S. (2000) The Development of the Ballymun Housing Scheme. Irish Geography, Volume 33(2), 2000, 199-212.

8. The Genesis and Evolution of Modern Irish Planning

Reading:

· BANNON, M.J. (ed.) (1985) The Emergence of Irish Planning 1880-1920. Turoe Press, Dublin.

· Nowlan, K, L. (1989) “The Evolution of Irish Planning, 1934-1964” in Bannon, M. J. Planning – The Irish Experience 1920-1988, Dublin: Wolfhound Press, p. 71.

· Bartley, B. and Waddington, S. (2001) The Emergence and Evolution of Urban Planning in Ireland, Geographical Viewpoint, vol. 29.

· Maclaran, A. (1998) Dublin, Belhaven Press, London.

9. State interest in Irish planning

Readings:

· Bartley, B. and Waddington, S. (2001) The Emergence and Evolution of Urban Planning in Ireland, Geographical Viewpoint, vol. 29.

· Bartley, B. and Waddington, S. (2000) Modern Planning in Ireland – An Overview, Geographical Viewpoint, vol. 28.

· Maclaran, A. (1998) Dublin, Belhaven Press, London.

10. Planning for Ireland’s rural landscape

Readings:

· Aalen, F.H.A., Whelan, K. and Stout, M. (eds)(1997) Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape, Cork University Press, Cork.

· F.H. A, Aalen. (1978) Man & the Landscape in Ireland. Hardcover Publisher: Academic Press. Bolton Street Lending: 911.415.

11. The Changing physical form of Irish cities: A case study of Dublin.

Readings:

· Pearson, P. (2000) The heart of Dublin: resurgence of an historic city Dublin: O'Brien Press, 2000. Bolton Street Lending: 941.83.

· F.H. A, Aalen. And Whelan, K. (1992) Dublin city and county: from prehistory to present: studies in honour of J.H. Andrews. Dublin: Geography Publications. Bolton Street Lending: 911.4183

· Brady, J. and Simms, A (2001) editors. Dublin: through space and time (c. 900-1900). Dublin; Four Courts, 2001. Bolton Street Lending: 941.835

· Ó Maitiú, S. (2003) Dublin's suburban towns, 1834-1930: governing Clontarf, Drumcondra, Dalkey, Killiney, Kilmainham, Pembroke, Kingstown, Blackrock, Rathmines and Rathgar / Séamas. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003. C Brugha St Lending: 941.835082

12. Regional planning in Ireland

Readings:

· Bannon, M. J. and Lombard, M. (1998) Evolution of Regional Policy in Ireland, in Regional policy: a report by a Regional Policy Advisory Group to Forfas for input to shaping our future: a strategy for enterprise in Ireland in the 21st century. Bolton Street lending: 338.94

· Buchanan and Partners (1968) Regional Studies in Ireland, An Foras Forbatha. Available from Bolton Street Lending: 711.309415

· Regional Planning Guidelines Greater Dublin Area. Bolton Street Reserve: Box 1 Number 4 @ http://www.spggda.ie/

· National Spatial Strategy. Bolton Street Lending: 711.309415 or online @ http://www.irishspatialstrategy.ie/RegionalBriefing.shtml

13. New Town Planning & Urban Renewal

Readings:

· Drudy, P. J. and A. MacLaran (eds.) (1996) Dublin Economic and Social Trends. Trinity College: Dublin.

· Drudy, P. J. and M. Punch (1996) Towards a Development Strategy for South Dublin. Trinity College: Dublin.

· KPMG (1996) Study on the Urban Renewal Schemes. Department of the Environment: Dublin.

14. Participation, power and planning

Readings:

· McGuirk, P. (1995) Power and Influence in Urban Planning: Community and Property Interests' Participation in Dublin's Planning System, Irish Geography, 28 (1).

· McGuirk, P. (1991) Perspectives on the nature and role of urban planning in Dublin (Trinity College Dublin, Ph.D., 1991).

· Thornley, A. (1977) Theoretical Perspectives on Planning Participation. Pergamon P.

· Ellis, G. (2002) Third Party rights of appeal in planning: reflecting on the experience of the Republic of Ireland, Town Planning Review, 73 (4) 2002.

15. Current and future phases of Irish spatial planning

Readings: To be discussed.

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Brendon Buck

September 2006