Msc Sustainable Development Environmental Design and Management Ciarán Cuffe Group Assignment: 24th April 2015 Msc Sustainable Development List of contributors: Report Editing, Executive Summary - Daniel Blanchfield Demographics, Introduction - Andrea Culjak Community Development - Meadhbh Ní Lochlainn Community Gardens - Orla Gilleece Landscape - Lin Zhao Green Infrastructure - Niall Thomas Horse Project - John Lucey Litter - Zainab Mansary Page | 1 Msc Sustainable Development Table of Contents List of contributors:......................................................................................................................... 1 Demographics – Introduction ......................................................................................................... 7 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 8 Ireland ....................................................................................................................................... 12 Economic benefits of investing in children and young people in Ireland: ............................... 14 The cost of not investing in children and young people: ...................................................... 14 Darndale’s statistical data compared to national average ......................................................... 14 Dublin City – Affluence and Disadvantage examined ............................................................. 15 Table I. Dublin City – Administrative Area Population ....................................................... 15 Table II. Average deprivation scores for 5 areas and Dublin City ....................................... 16 Table III. Number of people and percentage at each level of affluence / disadvantage for 5 DCC areas examined by ED level ........................................................................................ 17 Table IV. Number of people and percentage at each level of affluence / disadvantage for 5 DCC areas examined by ED level ........................................................................................ 18 Darndale in Electoral Division and Small Area context ........................................................... 21 Table V. Darndale Area ........................................................................................................ 21 Table VI. Darndale in ED Priorswood C context ................................................................. 23 Electoral Division Priorswood C .............................................................................................. 25 Darndale Park............................................................................................................................ 25 Community Development ............................................................................................................. 28 Community Development and Darndale Park .......................................................................... 29 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 29 2. Community Development ................................................................................................. 30 Green Space and Community Development ......................................................................... 31 Page | 2 Msc Sustainable Development (i) Empowerment .................................................................................................................. 32 Education and training .......................................................................................................... 32 Knowledge exchange and communication within the community: ...................................... 33 Shared vision and collective action....................................................................................... 33 Recommendations ................................................................................................................. 34 Case study 1: Stockbridge Village ........................................................................................ 34 (ii) Social inclusion ............................................................................................................... 35 Recommendations ................................................................................................................. 36 (iii) Partnership ..................................................................................................................... 36 Case Study 2: Mab Lane Community Woodland ................................................................. 37 (iv) Participation ................................................................................................................... 38 Recommendations ................................................................................................................. 39 3. The Role of Dublin City Council ...................................................................................... 39 Capital Investment ................................................................................................................ 41 Maintenance and Programming ............................................................................................ 42 Partnerships ........................................................................................................................... 43 Case Study 3: The New York City Parks Initiative .............................................................. 43 Recommendations ................................................................................................................. 44 4. Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 45 Community Gardens ..................................................................................................................... 46 Landscape ..................................................................................................................................... 53 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 54 Views and Prospects ............................................................................................................. 55 Darndale Park Current Situation ........................................................................................... 57 Maintenance Public Facilities ............................................................................................... 57 Page | 3 Msc Sustainable Development 3.1.1 Entrances ...................................................................................................................... 57 3.1.2 Damaged fences ........................................................................................................... 58 3.1.3 Children’s Playground and Football Pitch ................................................................... 59 Waste Management ............................................................................................................... 59 Other Beneficial Landscape ...................................................................................................... 61 Green Infrastructure .............................................................................................................. 61 Functions of Green Infrastructure ......................................................................................... 63 4.1.2 Planning for Green Infrastructure ................................................................................ 64 Darndale Park’s Green Infrastructure Plan Making Process ................................................ 64 4.1.3.1 Vision and Parameters .............................................................................................. 65 Data Collection, Mapping and Analysis ............................................................................... 65 Plan and Strategy Formulation.............................................................................................. 65 Implementation ..................................................................................................................... 66 Recommendation for Darndale Park’s Green Infrastructure Plan ............................................ 66 5). Create the green infrastructure plan. ................................................................................ 67 Habitat and ecological corridors ........................................................................................... 67 Rewilding .................................................................................................................................. 68 4.2.1 History.......................................................................................................................... 69 4.2.2 Rewilding Projects in Europe ...................................................................................... 69 4.2.3 Rewilding for Darndale Park ....................................................................................... 70 Designing Out Anti-Social Behaviour .................................................................................. 71 Function ...................................................................................................................................