A Pleasingly Blank Canvas
Urban Regeneration in Northern Ireland and the Case of Titanic Quarter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8088136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phil Ramsey (0000-0001-5873-489X, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 164-179 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Space and Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-2576 • E-ISSN: 1470-1235 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13562576.2013.817513 |
| OpenAlex | W2127996864 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 20 |
The ongoing development of Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has already made significant changes to the area. The site on which the Titanic was built has been redeveloped as an area for tourism, business, education and the creative industries. The site has been developed following a significant inflow of private capital, and with the additional support of local government and public finance. This article outlines how economic and political forces have coalesced in Belfast to the point that the violent period of the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland can be said to have created a ‘pleasingly blank canvas for regeneration
Archaeology · Blank · Capital (architecture · Capital region · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Ethnology · Geography · Government (linguistics · Northern ireland · Political science · Politics · Quarter (Canadian coin · Regional science · Tourism · Engineering · History · Irish and British Studies · Law
Titanic Struggle
The New Northern Ireland as a Crime Scene
Out of Time
All aboard Belfast’s ‘brandwagon’
Conjuring the ‘ship of dreams
Assessing the social values of historic shopping arcades
Our Journey, Our Narrative’
Heritage trails and the framing of place authenticity in Belfast’s Titanic memoryscape
Tribeca Belfast and the on-screen regeneration of Northern Ireland
Making sense of the ruins
Restricted Access to Remembrance
Game of Thrones tourism and the (re)imagination of the new Northern Ireland
Making it up
Learning to live with ghosts
On the waterfront
Screen production on the ‘biggest set in the world’
From Titanic to Game of Thrones
Overcoming the Troubles in Westeros
Annual Report and Accounts
Creating an African Riviera
The New Politics of Sinn Féin
Dramatizing the Political
Spaces of Global Capitalism
Issues in Waterfront Regeneration
The Enigma of Capital
The flâneur and the city
Extracting Value from the City
The Northern Ireland Peace Process in an Age of Austerity
Sites of Social Centrality and Segregation
Belfast
Constructing a shared public identity in ethno nationally divided societies
The right to Belfast City Centre
Return to Titanic and lost in the maze
The right to the city
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |