Module 2
Reading List for Module 2: Evidence Informed Planning (PDF). This is a list of the materials available below, note that additional materials may be added to the web site after the Feb 09 module.
Recommended Reading
- ICLRD Working Paper on Social & Economic Development in Newry-Dundalk
- Atlas of the Island of Ireland: Mapping Social and Economic Change
by R. Kitchin - ESPON – A New and Practical European Research Agenda for Territorial Planning and Development
By Cliff Hague and Brendan Bartley - Newry-Dundalk Cross-Border Economic Forecasting Model by Oxford Economics & UCC
- Indicators into Action: A practitioners guide for improving their use at the local level by The Pastille Consortium
- State of the Cities Database by Department of Communities and Local Government

Support Documents
- Evidence-Based Planning Rhetoric and Reality
by Simin Davoudi - North-South Statistical Profile 2008
- Indicators for Balanced Regional Development by Western Development Commission
- Infrastructure Planning in the Netherlands by Tim Marshall
- Population and Migration Estimates
by CSO, 2009 - Measuring the Outcomes of Spatial Planning in England by Royal Town Planning Institute
- Gateway Development Index
by Fitzpatrick Associates - Places Analysis Tool by Department of Communities and Local Government

- Figuring it Out–Looking Behind the Social Statistics in Northern Ireland, ARK Northern Ireland, Nov 2009
Useful Links ![]()
- Mission Operationalle Transfrontaliere
- Corridor VIII Network – Linking the Southern Balkan Region
- Royal Town Planning Institute
- Comhar – Sustainable Development Council
- Irish Planning Institute
- OECD – Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development
- Eurostat
- Central Statistics Office
www.cso.ie
www.statcentral.ie - Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency
- European Environment Agency
- Irish Environmental Protection Agency
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency
- All-Island Research Observatory
- West Midlands Regional Observatory
- North East Regional Information Partnership