Module 4
Reading List for Module 4: Engaging the Community in Shaping and Delivering Local Strategies (PDF). This is a list of the reading materials; please note that additional reading materials have been suggested following the module on 13th April.
Recommended Reading
- ICLRD Working Paper on Sustainable Communities: A Platform for Development
- Community Planning Information Pack by Community Places
- Planning and Participation in the Republic of Ireland by Brendan Bartley, Jeanne Meldon and Caroline Creamer
Support Documents
- ICLRD Working Paper on Managing a Shared Landscape and Natural Heritage
- Case Study Analyses for RPA on Community Planning in Operation within the UK and Ireland by Blake Stevenson Ltd and Stratagem
- Participatory Planning for Sustainable Communities: International experience in mediation, negotiation and engagement in making plans by Cliff Hague et al
- Unequal Places – Planning and Territorial Cohesion – UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2009 – Abstract Book
- ICLRD publication on Fostering Mutual Benefits in Cross-Border Areas: The Challenges and Opportunities in Connecting Irish Border Towns and Villages
Useful Websites 
- communityplanning.net
- Community Places
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- County Development Board
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
- Communities and Local Government
- Review of Public Administration Implementation
- International Association for Public Participation
- UK Planning Advisory Service
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation (UK and Ireland)
- Virginia Tech University (USA)