History Of Fatima Mansion And The Regeneration Process In Ireland

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The following essay is going to talk about history of Fatima Mansion and the regeneration process in the area, which has been involved in specific state supported regeneration plans since the 1980’s. It will also examine how the regeneration process was implemented. The essay will analyse the Fatima mansions regeneration through examining physical and social investments.
According Bissett (2008, P.10) regeneration involves building and rebuilding to ‘dissolve and recreate different areas as sites of activity and reuse’. There have been a lot of changes in the history of Ireland’s economy and society as a whole. Bissett, J (2008, p.12) stated that ‘Urban regeneration in Ireland has therefore taken place within the changed context of the developing ‘tiger’ economy, and the modernisation of Irish society’. A large percentage of the Irish population lives in Dublin as it is a capital city. Urban regeneration strategies went through a different ‘reorientation’ in Dublin in the mid1980s by the city trying to transpose itself (Bissett, J 2008, p.11). The inner city had been left suburbanisation and the city had been at a crucial stage for many years. Important policies influenced the development and regeneration of Dublin City Centre. The ‘Myles Wright’ development policy that was adopted in 1960s seems to notice some new towns built on the margin of some area in Dublin, (Bissett, J 2008, p.12). Urban project undertook a thoughtful reorientation, and the Urban Renewal and Finance Act 1986 provided a legislative outline the new ideal of urban regeneration would happen, developers were further organised through the provision of important tax incentives for development. Department of Environment and Department of Finance coordinated ...

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Fahey, T. (1999) Social Housing in Ireland: A Study of Success, Failure and Lessons Learned. Dublin: Colour Books Ltd.

Hearne, R. Regeneration and Public Private Partnerships in Social Housing in Ireland: Regeneration Worker Dolphin, Department of Geography TC rhearne@tcd.ie Norris, M. & Redmond, D. (2009) Private Sector Involvement in Regenerating Social Housing Estates: a review of recent practice in Dublin. Dublin: Combat Poverty Agency[online]. Available at: http://www.cpa.ie/publications/workingpapers/2009-01_PrivateSectorInvolvementInTheRegenerationOfSocialHousingEstates.pdf [Accessed 4 April 2014].

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