A Compact City Model - University College Cork · 1978 Land Use and Transport Study Ireland’s...

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William Brady, Jonathan Hall & Brendan O’Sullivan

Centre for Planning Education & Research

The role of governance in deliveringcompetitiveness, sustainability and resilience in 

Metropolitan Cork

A Compact City Model  

Dominant form of urban development is urban sprawl 

From Urban S p r a w l to UrbanCompaction  

sustainability credentials of the compact city?

‐ concentration of settlement ‐ minimising land‐take‐ reducing travel needs‐ energy efficiency – transport + 

power‐ protecting environmental resources ‐ promoting diversity and integration 

1978 Land Use and Transport Study

Ireland’s Compact City Experience ‐ CORK 

1969 –BKS Traffic Study

Economy Land Use

Transport Environment

Economy Land Use

Transport Environment

19782013

Ireland’s Compact City Experience ‐ CORK 

A compact city 

A green belt

Satellite centres

International ports

Rail based strategy

Employment Hubs 

Ireland’s Compact City Experience ‐ CORK 

Cork City Council

Cork County Council

Failings of fragmented governance…

Cork Docklands Cork Airport Business Park

Failings of fragmented governance…

factories in the city centre 

banks in the green belt

Layering the case for a new governance space…