Collaboratively designing Dublin : understanding designing Dublin: learning to learn as a strategy for collaboratively developing Dublin

Abstract

Contemporary global challenges, such as climate change, peak oil and population growth, are daunting and may, at times, seem to be insurmountable. The difficulties of addressing these challenges have been compounded even further with the current economic recession and the resultant cutbacks in public expenditure. However, it is my belief that if we work together, in a creative capacity, we can still address these pressing issues and find solutions to such 'wicked problems'. This research is established on this premise and it offers pragmatic recommendations for how this 'working together' to create a more sustainable world can be achieved in practice within the context of Dublin.