Dublin City Council's core strategy between 2011 and 2017 is to develop Dublin as a place that:

• is clean, green, compact and connected
• has an innovative, smart economy
• contains sustainable neighbourhoods & communities

The Council has mapped this strategy across the city to create a representation of how Dublin might look in 2017. The map is conceptual and will change as time goes on. However, it's useful in translating the core ideas into a working model for the next six years.

Of course, this core strategy needs to be fleshed out in much more detail before Dublin City Council can make it a reality. That's what the next part of the Development Plan - the Priorities - are all about.