Capacity Building and Urban Regeneration in Dublin, Ireland

Abstract

Ireland may serve as an interesting example for an analysis of capacity building: a small European country with a strong tradition of ‘community’ action and development that has experienced an intense period of rapid and unprecedented social and economic change (the ‘Celtic Tiger’ phenomenon). In common with many other Western countries it has recently experienced a severe economic downturn. Yet Ireland’s current experience of recession differs from many other countries: as well as exposure to the crisis in the global financial sector, a period of rapid economic development fuelled by a construction industry ‘bubble’ has been followed by an equally rapid period of collapse in the construction and allied sectors.KeywordsCapacity BuildingCommunity DevelopmentUrban RegenerationCity CouncilPublic Private PartnershipThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.