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Beyond Plan B - Workbook I - Project Analysis Bord Gais Energy Theatre and Conven�on Centre Opens $262 Bn $220,8 Bn Euro replaces Irish Pound as $213,8 Bn GDP:$210,3 Billion Offical Currency $205,9 Bn Urban Development Area Bill Ireland recieves 85 billion euro Bailout Package from EU and IMF The Finance Act Clearance Schemes to Suburbs 24% of Inner City 10% Corpora�on Tax Rate unemployed 1913 Lock Out $123,1 Bn Industrial Dispute Cel�c Tiger Economy Collapses Ireland Joins Planning Scheme Town and Country Planning Act The Wright Plan European Union Urban Renewal Act 1916 Easter Rising Eire becomes The Republic of Ireland- Dublin Docklands Development Authority Samuel Becke� Bridge and (DDDA) set up Town Planning And Rural Amen�es Bill leaves Bri�sh Commonwealth $56 Bn Luas Extension Line Opens Local Government Act An Bord Pleanala Established $33,1 Bn Irish States rst Interest in planning Irish War of Independence Present $7,3 Bn $21,3 Bn $3,1 Bn 1900 1905 1910 1913 1916 1919 1921 1925 1930 1934 1940 1945 1949 1955 1963 1966 1973 1976 1980 1982 1986 1987 1994 1997 2002 2008 2010 2013 2015 Dublin Docklands Strategic Urban Renewal and Development Loca on Effects IFSC- World leading investment loca on . Dublin 40,000 new jobs created to date. Credit: http://www.ddda.ie/index.jsp?p=629&n=113&a=84 Ireland Major digital, media, legal and nancial service employers have relocated to the Docklands. Urban Dereliction in Residential Area Major large scale projects suspended due to recession. Dura on Organisa on Irish Government 1986-Present Dublin Docklands Development Authority Scale Posi oning City Scale 5,26km2 core semi peri LOCAL Centre of City Investment REGIONAL Located in Capital Credit: http://www.ddda.ie/index.jsp?p=629&n=113 €3,35bn Public and Private Investment EU European Powerhouse Dublin Docklands in 1930s WORLD Advanced region The Urban Regeneration of Dublins Docklands and redundant port areas has witnessed rapid and unprecedented growth. An entire section of the city has been transformed using public and private investment into an international financial and corporate hub. It has redefined the role of the inner city and is now a key player in the national economy. Credit: http://www.clydecourthotel.com/upload/sequencer_im- View of Bord Gais Energy Theatre. ↓↓SITUATION ↓↓OBJECTIVES ↓↓ASSETS • In the 1930s Dublin Corporation and the Irish Government set • Increase tax revenue and tackle • 14 million euro was allocated to Dub- out to tackle the city’s housing problem through rehousing problems within the national economy. lin Corporation (1982). families to the suburbs. The clearance schemes worsened the Rejuvenation in partnership with • An 11 hectare land bank north of Cus- problem of urban dereliction. private sector. tom House Quay was nationalised for housing development. • The growth of suburbanisation from the 1960s onwards led to • The efficient use of public investment the rapid physical, social and economis decay of the inner city. in infrastructural facilities. • A 526 hectare site, east of the central • The Docklands suffered acutely from the impact of late • Create a new maritime city quarter business district, was transformed by twentieth century technological and economic change causing with a strong economic and social the Dublin Docklands Development massive reductions in port employment. base, with both the new and more Authority (1997). established communities actively con- • The population of the docklands was halved between 1900 tributing to a shared future. • Availability of a skilled workforce and a and 1980s. strong talent pool. • Chronic skill shortages within the local population for non • Reintegrate the river as an essential manual positions resulted in high unemployment. element in the urban environment. • 1981 census- 24% of inner city unemployed. Overall result • Restore the historically significant yet was widespread poverty and intolerable housing conditions. decaying part of the urban core. • Reconnect the Docklands to the centre of the city. 108 Bord Gais Energy Theatre and Conven�on Centre Opens $262 Bn $220,8 Bn Euro replaces Irish Pound as $213,8 Bn GDP:$210,3 Billion Offical Currency $205,9 Bn Urban Development Area Bill Ireland recieves 85 billion euro Bailout Package from EU and IMF The Finance Act Clearance Schemes to Suburbs 24% of Inner City 10% Corpora�on Tax Rate unemployed 1913 Lock Out $123,1 Bn Industrial Dispute Cel�c Tiger Economy Collapses Ireland Joins Planning Scheme Town and Country Planning Act The Wright Plan European Union Urban Renewal Act 1916 Easter Rising Eire becomes The Republic of Ireland- Dublin Docklands Development Authority Samuel Becke� Bridge and (DDDA) set up Town Planning And Rural Amen�es Bill leaves Bri�sh Commonwealth $56 Bn Luas Extension Line Opens Local Government Act An Bord Pleanala Established $33,1 Bn Irish States rst Interest in planning Irish War of Independence Present $7,3 Bn $21,3 Bn $3,1 Bn 1900 1905 1910 1913 1916 1919 1921 1925 1930 1934 1940 1945 1949 1955 1963 1966 1973 1976 1980 1982 1986 1987 1994 1997 2002 2008 2010 2013 2015 East Link Bridge The ConvenƟon Centre The 02 Music Venue Bord Gais Energy Theatre IFSC Custom House ↓↓STRATEGY ↓↓ACTIONS ↓↓EFFECT • Government incentives encouraged private enterprise to set • The Irish Financial Services Centre • The population has grown from 17,500 up in the Docklands. A 10% corporation tax rate was estab- (1987) was devel- (1997) to 27,000 (2013). lished for certified companies setting up in the area. oped into a global financial hub. It has • 11,000 new homes have been created re-integrated the Docklands with the of which 2200 (20%) are social and • Heavy industry dependent zones in high risk locations such as city with major companies such as affordable. Grand Canal Docks and East Point, benefited from tax incen- Google, Citibank, Commerzbank and tives to entice private developers to venture to the area. Summitomo. • Docklands residents are now a young- • Promote the development of the cultural and creative • New Cultural attractions such as The er, educated population, the majority industries to attract a significant number of visitors to the Music Venue, The Convention Centre is 65% between 25-44 years. Docklands. and The Grand Canal Theatre has en- • Dublin, as the capital city, generates al- hanced the Docklands as a compelling most half the national Gross Domestic • Support local businesses to contribute to the diversification of destination for visitors. employment oppurtunity within the area and mobilise skills. Product. • The derelict, industrial wasteland has been transformed into a • The East Link Toll Bridge (1984), the • The collapse of the banking sector, 400 million euo development. Dublin Port Tunnel (2006) and an ex- combined with a major downturn in tended Luas line to Point Square (2009) the Irish economy had a profound • •A masterplan is created every 5 years to outline the strategy has relieved surface road congestion to effect on the development sector and for the social, economic and physical regeneration of the area. and from Dublin Port. on the regeneration programme within the Docklands. • Investment of 6.2 million in a range of educational programmes to enable children to participate in the regenera- tion of the Docklands. 109.