The Politics of Territory Policy and

This book explores the relationship between land use planning and ethno-religious segregation. It draws on a range of empirical research and case studies to explore the meaning attached to land in contested places, the challenges these present to planners and the possibilities for accommodating differences over the use and development of territory. The author argues that planners have a significant role in the management of these processes and sets out some ideas about how this might be addressed in local and global settings, including the Balkans and Palestine.

Brendan Murtagh is a Reader in the School of Environmental Planning at the Queen's University of Belfast.

List of Tables

xi

List of Figures

xii

Acknowledgements

xv

Introduction

1

(8)

Discourses of integration

2

(2)

The aims of the book

4

(1)

The research settings

5

(1)

Structure of the book

6

(3)

Planning and the State

9

(22)

Introduction

9

(1)

Urban theory and the state

10

(1)

Planning and planners

11

(6)

Decision rules and policy discourses

17

(2)

Planning and the `turn to community'

19

(1)

Crises, planning and housing in Northern Ireland

20

(2)

Crises, planning and regeneration

22

(2)

Centralisation and policy processes

24

(3)

The Northern Ireland Housing Executive

27

(1)

Conclusions

28

(3)

Segregation, Territory and Policy

31

(14)

Introduction

31

(1)

Identity and segregation

31

(3)

Dimensions to segregation

34

(2)

Urban segregation

36

(1)

Policy concerns

36

(2)

Segregation and rural communities

38

(2)

Demography and territory

40

(2)

Conclusions

42

(3)

Life on the Interface

45

(20)

Introduction

45

(1)

Belfast's peacelines

46

(3)

Life on the interface: research findings

49

(3)

Policy responses

52

(11)

Conclusions

63

(2)

Life in the Enclave

65

(24)

Introduction

65

(1)

Suffolk estate: West Belfast

66

(9)

The demolition of Unity Flats

75

(11)

Conclusions

86

(3)

Life in a Northern Town

89

(16)

Introduction

89

(1)

City Vision processes

90

(2)

City Vision in Derry/Londonderry

92

(12)

Conclusions

104

(1)

Life and the Land

105

(22)

Introduction

105

(1)

Life in small-town Ulster

106

(6)

Life on the rural interface

112

(7)

Life and the land

119

(4)

Possibilities for policy

123

(3)

Conclusions

126

(1)

European Policy and Local Initiatives

127

(24)

Introduction

127

(1)

The URBAN Initiative

128

(12)

Peace, reconciliation and partnership

140

(8)

Conclusions

148

(3)

Planning and Ethnic Division

151

(20)

Introduction

151

(1)

Demographic management and the limits to integration

151

(12)

Security forces and planning in Northern Ireland

163

(4)

`Greyness where colour matters'

167

(1)

Conclusions

168

(3)

Conclusions

171

(14)

Introduction

171

(1)

Two narratives on the role of planning

172

(5)

The role of the planner

177

(2)

Resolving, discourse and argument

179

(3)

Conclusion

182

(3)

Bibliography

185

(12)

Index

197

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The Politics of Territory Policy and Segregation in Northern Ireland

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