NIRSA - National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis
Abstract
The main objective of this report is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the current
situation in order to assist South Dublin County Development Board in the preparation of
its strategy for economic, social and cultural development over the next ten years. The city
and environs of Dublin now extend over a very extensive area, exceeding the boundaries
of the Dublin administrative units. It represents a complex and dynamic functional entity
with roles as both the national capital and the principal international gateway for the
country. Since the mid 1990s the old county Dublin has been divided into four units for
purposes of public administration, within each of which a City/County Development Board
was established in 1999. As each Board is required to prepare a strategy for economic,
social and cultural development, the approach adopted here is to provide an analysis that
takes account of the wider context while also providing detailed small area analysis for the
wards/DEDs of the CDB area
