This article provides a con textual framework for the new agenda for development, represented in the economic strategy known as Strategy 2010, and the regional spatial plan known as Shaping Our Future. These are considered in the following two articles. This article begins by setting a...

The theme of this paper is the preparation of a new regional plan for Northern Ireland, known as Shaping Our Future: a Regional Strategic Framework (RSF) and the public consultation exercise which underpinned its development. The paper attempts to provide a reflective contextualized account of...

The theme of this paper is the preparation of a new region al plan for Northern Ireland, known as Shaping Our Future: a Region al Strategic Framework (RSF) and the public consultation exercise which underpinned its development. The paper attempts to provide a reflective con textualized account...