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Managing An Unstable Housing Market, Brendan Williams, Brian Hughes, Declan Redmond
Managing An Unstable Housing Market, Brendan Williams, Brian Hughes, Declan Redmond
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In this paper it is intended to place the recent experience of the Irish housing market in the context of economic and property market cycles, how these interact over a property cycle and lessons from recent policy experience including interventions in the housing area. In spatial terms the current
housing market can be seen as the result of an ad-hoc development led urban growth pattern which contributed to a dispersed development pattern with problems in oversupply. It is clear that alternative options exist to this approach and that evidence based management systems in terms of planning, development and financial …
All Party Oireachtas Committee On The Constitution Ninth Progress Report, Tom Dunne
All Party Oireachtas Committee On The Constitution Ninth Progress Report, Tom Dunne
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Ireland, like many other countries with high rates of economic growth, is urbanising rapidly. There has been considerable emphasis on planning for this through the National Development Plan, the National Spatial Strategy, development guidelines and other measures. Through these the state intends that a proper planning process will lead growth rather than leaving it to market forces to drive development in what are regarded as undesirable directions. The latter it is feared will lead to unsuitable social, economic or physical outcomes. Unintended results have flowed from the implementation, or flawed implementation of many of these policies and have given rise …
Scenario Building: A Suitable Method For Strategic Property Planning?, John Ratcliffe
Scenario Building: A Suitable Method For Strategic Property Planning?, John Ratcliffe
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The scenario method has been widely used by decision-makers in business, industry and government for over thirty years as an unrivalled technique to learn about the future before it happens. This paper examines the principles, practice and pitfalls of scenario building with the prime aim of presenting the technique as one singularly relevant to the study of future property investment, development and management decisions and land use policy formulation. The origins of the approach from its military based beginnings, through the popularised global environmental applications to the current widescale use by industry and commerce are traced. Some definitions are advanced …