The Research

Here are some of the websites and videos that we looked at in relation to planning and architecture. There are a series of talks on TED.com that we looked at.

Click here to listen to Jaime Lerner talk about urban planning in Brazil

http://www.ted.com/talks/jaime_lerner_sings_of_the_city.html

Click here to listen to Majora Carter talk about Green the Ghetto a green space project in the Bronx New York.

http://www.ted.com/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal.html

Click here to listen to Cameron Sinclair talk about how architecture can be part of tackling the world housing crisis.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/cameron_sinclair_on_open_source_architecture.html

Click here to read about a project to green an empty site on San Fransico.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/07/MNUG18GIBE.DTL&type=realestate

For a website that is Dublin specific go to Reflecting city which outlines a history of urban planning over the past decade. This site focuses on specific areas such as Smithfield, The Docklands, Temple Bar etc.

http://www.reflectingcity.com