2.3.2 Shaping the City – Urban Form and Structure

It is a central aim of the core strategy to consolidate and enhance the inner city in order to augment its crucial role at the heart of the capital city and the city region. The inner city of Dublin is the most connected destination in the country and at international level, and supports a dynamic range of economic, educational and cultural clusters, together with a growing residential population. It is a central part of the core strategy to enhance the links between the existing and emerging clusters in the city as depicted on the core strategy map.

The strategy of extending the inner city eastwards and westwards, towards the Docklands and Heuston respectively, is now complemented with a strategy for the quality consolidation of the inner city, protecting heritage while promoting diversity. The structure of the city will be augmented by the development of the SDRAs and the KDCs. There is an emphasis on the contribution that good streets and architecture can make to regeneration and a re-affirmation that Dublin will remain a predominantly low-rise city with defined height in limited locations.