THE IRISH SCOTTISH FORUM FOR SPATIAL PLANNING

The University of Aberdeen, Queen’s University Belfast and The National University of Ireland Maynooth have established the Irish Scottish Forum for Spatial Planning. Its purpose is to critically examine the relationship between strategic planning and the development of cities, towns and countryside in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland. A series of three major events are scheduled for 2009 and will bring together expert speakers and audiences that will open up a debate on how contemporary planning is affecting the shaping of space and place:

The Spaces of the Nation: The Planning of Space in Ireland and Scotland
University of Aberdeen, 12th – 13th June 2009
(in partnership with The AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies
Professor Cairns Craig, Director)

Rural Planning and Development: Comparative Perspectives on a Rural White Paper
Queen’s University Belfast, 18th September 2009
(in partnership with Rural Community Network)

Development Corridors and the Role of Spatial Planning in Border Territories
National University of Ireland Maynooth, 19th November 2009

For further information contact either:

Professor Bill Neill, Director
Centre for Planning and Environmental Management
School of Geosciences
University of Aberdeen
b.neill@abdn.ac.uk
or
Dr Michael Murray, Reader in Spatial Planning
Institute of Spatial and Environmental Planning
Queen’s University Belfast
m.r.murray@qub.ac.uk
or
Brendan Bartley, Deputy Director
National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis
National University of Ireland Maynooth
Brendan.Bartley@nuim.ie