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Bridging Top Down and Bottom Up: Modelling Community Preferences for a Dispersed Rural Settlement Pattern

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  • Michael Murray
  • John Greer
  • David Houston
  • Stephen McKay
  • Brendan Murtagh

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This paper explores the scope to bridge top-down and bottom-up perspectives on spatial planning by drawing on EU-funded action research in relation to rural settlement planning in Northern Ireland. The empirical work is located within a review of planning theory that exposes a long running tension between the technocratic stances of government planners and the aspirations of engaged citizens. It demonstrates the operation of a large group planning methodology that delivers community preference with environmental responsibility as a participatory input into planning policy formulation. Transferable insights into the dynamics of spatial planning are identified.

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  • Michael Murray & John Greer & David Houston & Stephen McKay & Brendan Murtagh, 2007. "Bridging Top Down and Bottom Up: Modelling Community Preferences for a Dispersed Rural Settlement Pattern," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(3), pages 441-462, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:17:y:2007:i:3:p:441-462
    DOI: 10.1080/09654310802618101
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