Browsing Department of Geography by Title
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The reclamation of the Shannon Estuary inter-tidal flats: A case study of the Clare Slobland Reclamation Company.
(The Geographical Society of Ireland, 2005)Extensive reclamation of the sloblands in the Shannon estuary have been under- taken over hundreds of years but particularly in the mid to late 1800s. There is extensive documentary evidence of the various reclamation ... -
Rediscovering our Regions
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Regional and local development in Ireland – the potential of LEADER partnerships to provide municipal government
(Lex Localis- Institute of local government and public procurement Maribor., 2009)Emerging economic and social challenges prompted EU and national authorities to initiate and support localised or area-based partnership approaches to development. Such approaches involve enabling representatives froth the ... -
Regionalisation and the Geography of Poverty
(Poverty Today, 1999-04)There are been considerable debate on regionalisation since the Government's decision to divide the country into two regions to maximize EU structural aid and the subsequent EU decision to confer Objective 1 status on a ... -
Research Capacity Building for Development: Resources for Higher Education Institutions.
(TSO Ireland., 2010)Research Capacity Building for Development may be defined as the planned improvement of the capacity and competency of the Higher Education sector to conduct research that contributes to the alleviation of poverty. The ... -
The role of Palaeolimnology in implementing the water framework directive in Ireland
(Royal Irish Academy, 2009)The EU Water Framework Directive has created research opportunities and challenges for water-quality managers and palaeolimnologists alike. Opportunities have arisen through increased attention to water-quality issues, ... -
Rural development and the regional construct: a comparative analysis of the Newfoundland and Labrador and Ireland contexts
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Rural development in Newfoundland and Labrador and Ireland: governance and its prospects and potentials
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Rural restructuring and rural in-migration patterns in Ireland
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)In recent decades, the rural economic base in Ireland, similar to that of other developed countries across the globe, has witnessed a period of significant structural change, with academic literature coining the term rural ... -
Rural restructuring: local sustainable solutions to the rural challenge
(International Centre for Local and Regional Development, 2009)Summary: The report details the need for a focused approach to rural development that harnesses local assets and potentiality through joined up collaboration. -
Shared services across local government – sharing international experiences
(International Centre for Local and Regional Development, 2012)Summary: The shared services agenda has become a priority for both administrations on the island of Ireland. This report explores international experiences offering insights for policymakers and practitioners in central ... -
The smallholder initiative: good practice guidelines
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A spatial analysis of the suppliers of nature based tourism in Ireland, insights into the provision of walking tourism on the Sheep’s Head Peninsula, Co. Cork.
(2014)The tourism industry from 2012 to 2022 is expected to grow by an average of 4% annually to constitute 10% of global GDP (US$10 trillion). It is also predicted by 2022, globally, one in every ten jobs (328 million) will ... -
Status for Irish lake typologies using palaeolimnological methods and techniques (IN-SIGHT)
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Sub-Recent Changes in Annual Average Water Level in the Shannon Estuary, Western Ireland
(Journal of Coastal Research, 2006)This paper describes results to date on work to reconstruct the pattern of sub-recent water level changes within the Shannon Estuary, western Ireland. The main database for the study covers the period 1949 to 2002, and ... -
Supporting enterprise development in rural areas
(Teagasc, 2014)There are many types of rural areas – each with their own distinctive development needs and resource potentials. Consequently, enterprise development strategies need to avoid a ‘one size fits all approach,’ and must take ... -
"Tough love": local cross-border collaboration faces the challenges of sustainability'.(pre-published version)
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Towards the development of all-island spatial databases
(Regional Studies Association, 2007)