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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Dublin City Eco Zone |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Pat Nolan (IE) |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | South Dublin County Council |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.29873, -6.30190 |
| Lead Funding Entity | LIFE |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/09/1997 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 01/09/1999 |
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| Project Keywords | Land use planning; River basin management; Periurban space; Integrated management |
| Project Abstract | To apply modern methods for integrated river basin management and develop them for a growing suburban environment. Modern methods for Integrated River basin Planning or catchment management planning (CMP) will be applied in a suburban setting in this pilot demonstration project in one of the fastest growing regions of Europe. Guidelines will be developed and disseminated. The Cammock, Griffeen and Dodder Rivers flow through the Council area in Dublin to the main river of the city, the Liffey, and specific management issues and associated tasks have been identified in each basin which will benefit from the approach of CMP. These include: *identification of the present status using GIS: emissions and effects of existing and planned landuse such as housing and industrial development, two suburban village centres at Clondalkin and Lucan, two aerodromes, three golf courses and many linear developments such as motorways, a canal, a railway, and public parks along sections of the rivers; *flood plain development and flow control: tributary diversions and culverts, potential development of disused reservoirs on the Cammock for flow regulation, amenity and hydroelectric power purposes and operational management of existing headwater reservoir on the Dodder, *landfill survey and monitoring: survey of historic landfills and implementation of landfill closure plan and aftercare monitoring to protect groundwater quality, *aquifer protection: identification of aquifer boundary and preparation of protection plan *'total watershed management', that is, integration of the water environment and landuse planning in the context of 'Local Agenda 21', with public consultation on draft County Development Plan. |